by John Coonrod | Aug 25, 2020 | Gender, SDGs
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” This opening statement from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the cornerstone of the Post-World-War II quest for a peaceful world following decades of war, fascism and genocide. It...
by John Coonrod | May 21, 2020 | Climate Justice
On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2020, InterAction and 80+ Member NGOs launched the NGO Climate Compact to pledge concerted, unified, and urgent action to address climate change. Photo: UN Climate Special Representative and former THP global board...
by John Coonrod | May 21, 2020 | Gender
The Hunger Project is one of more 50 organizations endorsing the call for a Feminist Foreign Policy in US. Below is an excerpt from the ICRW page: Publication Year: 2020Publication Author: Lyric Thompson, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy at the...
by Claire Lorenzetti | Mar 3, 2020 | Gender, youth
By Matthew Boltansky and Claire Lorenzetti In 48 districts across six states, The Hunger Project-India helps catalyze the inclusion of women in rural governance as elected women representatives (EWRs) of Gram Panchayats (local villages). These programs have...
by John Coonrod | Jun 22, 2019 | Human Rights
A rapid assessment was carried out by The Hunger Project in October 2017 primarily to identify the violent extremist issues relating to the recent Rohingya influx and the community hosting them. It is clear that the welcoming attitude of the host community toward the...
by Mary Kate Costello | Apr 12, 2019 | Community-led Development, Education, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Livelihoods, Nutrition, PMNCH, SDGs, WASH, youth
It is perhaps easy to envision what should constitute quality health care for all people. What about choice in what quality health care means per person, according to what one wants for their lives? When a person reaches the age of adolescence, they become more aware...
by John Coonrod | Dec 17, 2018 | Case Studies, Gender, Livelihoods, Videos, youth
December 17, 2018 – The Hunger Project hosted a CNN Hero Reception and Round Table on Young Women’s Empowerment and Employment in Nigeria. Our special guest was Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Founder and CEO of Pearls Africa Foundation. Abisoye...
by Mary Kate Costello | Nov 15, 2018 | Community-led Development, Gender
The DC community of civil society organizations (CSOs) has been buzzing, often in direct engagement with USAID, about the current USAID transformation. It seems promising and the timing could not be better, but given that the majority of the world’s poor are...
by John Coonrod | Jan 22, 2018 | Activism, Case Studies, Data
It’s hard for some of us to remember a time before email. Email has actually been around for a long time, but in the early days it was not generally based on the internet standards. Each dial-up network (AOL, MCIMail, Compuserve, ATTMail, Envoy100 and...
by John Coonrod | Oct 30, 2017 | Aid Effectiveness, SDGs, Top 10 Lists
As global citizens, it is not only important that we think about Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — better known as the SDGs or the Sustainable Development Goals — but also that we transform how we think about them. In...