Millennium Development Goals

Whenever, Wherever, Shakira Wants Global Education

Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact


Many know Shakira for her Latin-inspired pop songs and hip gyrations. But the singer was subdued and earnest in a recent op-ed in the Economist, where...

Sweden's Queen on "Fire Souls" -- Leaders in Child Protection

Jim Luce | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Ten years ago, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden reached the point where she could no longer witness the appalling conditions of children around the ...

World Food Day: More than One Billion People Suffering from Hunger

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact


Ann M. Veneman

On this World Food Day more than one billion people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, an increase of 100 million in just over a year.

Smart Global Investment: Save a Mother's Life

Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 11.28.2009 | World


Dr. Ana Langer

You wouldn't expect a plenary session at the CGI called "Moving From Crisis to Opportunity - Financing an Equitable Future," featuring the CEO of JP Morgan, to be the natural venue for launching a major maternal health initiative.

Obama in Ghana: Pay Attention to Africa

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


Catholic Relief Services

President Obama should fulfill the promise of candidate Obama by engaging with the people of Africa and doubling foreign aid to $50 billion a year by 2012.

World Population Day 2009 -- Time to Finally Make Maternal Health a Priority

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


Sharon L. Camp

World Population Day serves as an urgent reminder that, even amidst a global recession and tight budgets, governments must boost investments in global health -- especially the health of mothers.

It's Over: The Tragedy of the Millennium Development Goals

William Easterly | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


William Easterly

The point of the Millennium Development Goals campaign was that it precisely defined success and failure using specific goals. So on its own terms, it is a failure.

It's Time to Make Mothers a Priority

Sia Nyama Koroma | Posted 08.03.2009 | World


Sia Nyama Koroma

Maternal mortality has sadly become the rule not the exception. But this can change. We have the knowledge and the skills to deliver -- we just need the political will and resources to support us.

Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: The Best Investment We Can Make?

Josh Ruxin | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


Josh Ruxin

It is critical during the global recession that we not only reaffirm but accelerate our commitment extreme poverty around the world. The crisis threatens poorer countries more than it does the developed world.

Just Released: YouTube Video on Fathers and Girls Education

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 04.17.2009 | World


Pedro C. Moreno

Helping children in India, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Yemin and Benin would significantly contribute to achieving universal pimary education for boys and girls.

America's Restored Funding to UNFPA Sends Strong Message to Women Worldwide

Thoraya Ahmed Obaid | Posted 04.11.2009 | World


Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

As the head of UNFPA for the past eight years, I have traveled the world and can tell you that the issues of women's rights and reproductive health have in the past been egregiously neglected by the international community.

Time to Invest....In the Poor

Josh Ruxin | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


Josh Ruxin

At a time when the stock market is providing dizzyingly negative returns, it may be time to look at the conservative but positive returns that can be had by investing in subsistence-level farmers.

President Obama Recommits to the World's Poor in First Address

Virginia Simmons | Posted 02.21.2009 | World


Virginia Simmons

President Obama clear in his speech the importance of fighting poverty and preventable disease worldwide.

What it Means to Be American

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.20.2009 | World


Josh Ruxin

I'd like to go back to Rwanda or Kenya or Ethiopia on Jan. 20. I could point to the TV and say: "Look. Listen. This is what it means to be American."

PEPFAR's Shortcomings: What is to Be Done?

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.17.2009 | World


Josh Ruxin

While it is beginning to look old and creaky, PEPFAR is a progressive and productive program that provides an excellent base of experience on which the Obama administration can build.

Access To Basic Sanitation A Luxury In East Africa

Inter Press Service | Posted 01.19.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Dec 19 (IPS) - In 1925, Mahatma Gandhi remarked that "Sanitation is more important than political independence." More than 80 years later, ac...

Ending Malaria is Possible

Natasha F. Bilimoria | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Natasha F. Bilimoria

Since 2002, the Global Fund has been committed to helping countries fight this deadly disease, and currently funds two-thirds of all malaria programs internationally.

McCain Would Undermind Development By Restricting Women's Access To Reproductive Health Programs

Jane Roberts | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home


Jane Roberts

John, when the world takes care of women, women take care of the world. The Bush Administration plays all kinds of games with women's access to reproductive health and family planning. You haven't shown me that you would be any better.