Gender
10 Things You Need to Know About Hunger in 2013
04/16/2013
How many hungry people are there in the world and is the number going down? What effect does hunger have on children and what can we do to help them? Here are 10 facts that go some way to explaining why hunger is the single biggest solvable problem facing the world today. ...
Read more
The 2013 Human Development Report: The Rise of the Global South
04/05/2013
The 2013 Human Development Report, The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World was released on March 14 in Mexico by President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark. This year's report...
Read more
The Hunger Project and Land O'Lakes International Development Host Panel on Governance and Halting Gender-Based Violence
03/21/2013
As a part of the 2013 session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, The Hunger Project and Land O’Lakes International Development hosted a parallel event on March 12, 2013. The topic was Women, Governance and Halting Gender-Based Violence. The turnout was great – every...
Read more
International Women's Day 2013
03/05/2013
"Today on International Women’s Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to women’s rights and move forward with courage and determination. Let us defend human rights, the inherent dignity and worth of the human person, and the equal rights of men and women."- UN Women Executive...
Read more
Gender and Development in the Hillary Time-Out: Advancing the Unfinished Agenda
02/28/2013
by John Coonrod, PhD, Executive Vice President, February 28, 2013 It was sad to see TV pundits who I admire stroke their chin and say “No, we don’t see any signature achievement of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.”Nonsense! I’m no expert on geopolitics, but from where...
Read more
THP-Bangladesh Organizes Human Chain for One Billion Rising
02/20/2013
The Hunger Project-Bangladesh came together with the worldwide movement of One Billion Rising on February 14, 2013. In Bangladesh, Uddomey Uttoroney Shotokoti (One Billion Rising) is an alliance of rights groups, government and private sector institutions, students and activists...
Read more
One Billion Rising: How The Hunger Project Rose Up Against Violence for Valentine's Day
02/14/2013
Violence against women is a serious public health issue that has received recent attention with cases surfacing around the world, particularly in India, Bangladesh and Turkey. In response and protest, activists came together on February 14th, 2013 to raise a global voice in a...
Read more
One Billion Rising: Demanding An End To Violence Against Women
02/13/2013
Violence against women is a grave public health issue that has received recent attention with cases surfacing around the world, particularly in India, Bangladesh and Turkey.All over the world, women are subjected to physical and mental abuse every day. A study by the World...
Read more
The Washington Weekly - January 18, 2013
01/18/2013
The Hunger Project's Executive VP, John Coonrod, is in Washington, DC to strengthen THP's seat at the table of international development. Each week, John sends us insight into issues of health, policy, human rights and more by way of the Washington Weekly.Local Democracy...
Read more
The Washington Weekly - January 7, 2013
01/07/2013
The Hunger Project's Executive VP, John Coonrod, is in Washington, DC to strengthen THP's seat at the table of international development. Each week, John sends us insight into issues of health, policy, human rights and more by way of the Washington Weekly.Happy New Year and...
Read more
