What was new in 2003?
December 22: Photos from the 10th Anniversary Animator Reunion in Bangladesh
December 3: Photos from the Women and Philanthropy Trip in India with Joan Holmes and the recording of the conference call from Bangalore.
December 1: World AIDS Day
November 25: International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women
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November Newsletter: Reports from the Global Board Meeting
October 12: Reports to the Global Board by Joan Holmes and from Benin, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, Senegal and Uganda, as well as from the African Woman Food Farmer Initiative.
NEW! October 11: Africa Prize for Leadership, Strategy Forum in New York. Read the speeches from this extraordinary event!
October: The Hunger Project-Mexico Hosts Investors
October 2: Third Annual Sarojini Naidu Prize for Best Reporting on Women and Panchayati Raj.
September 30: Fourth Annual National Girl Child Day - Bangladesh
August/September: Action Alert: Joan Holmes to Brief Congressional Women’s Caucus
September 17: Bishop de Jong, AIDS activist and 2001 Africa Prize laureate, dies.
September 16: Joan Holmes briefs Congressional Women's Caucus. See full report, full text and video.
Women Educated at Jali Epicenter and Nsondole Sub-Epicenter in Malawi
August 18: Trip Report from India #1
August Newsletter: Halting the AIDS Epidemic in Africa: Launching the AIDS and Gender Inequality Workshop (English, French)
July 2003: Malawi Investor Trip: Changing the Mindset is our Work
July 12: Global conference call with Joan Holmes launching the 2003 Africa Prize for Leadership campaign
July 8: Investor team returns from Malawi! Hear their debriefing call.
July Newsletter: Women and Hunger: The Inextricable Link
June Newsletter: Investing in People's Productivity (English, French)
June 2003:
Update from Africa Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai
THP-Bangladesh Local
Democracy: Milestones in our Strategy
June 1 - Passing of first Africa Prize laureate, Prof. Thomas Odhiambo.
May 21 - Joan Holmes Testifies to Congressional Human Rights Caucus (English, French)
May 2003:
THP-Benin Expands Reach Dramatically
Expansion in Burkina Faso
THP-Malawi launches
campaign to stop spread of HIV/AIDS
THP-Senegal Accomplishments include Extensive Drip Irrigation
System
Annual Meeting of the Board: President's Report: On Track for Expansion.
May Newsletter: At the Cutting Edge of Global Issues.
April 26: Amb. Tadesse, Prof. Majumdar named vice-presidents.
Uganda Update: Official Launch of HIV/AIDS and Gender Inequality Initiative in Uganda: Action at the Grassroots.
April Newsletter: 2003 — Year of the Investor: Why I Invest.
Burkina Update: THP-Burkina Demonstrates Leadership on Two Critical Fronts.
Senegal Update: THP-Senegal Holds HIV/AIDS Workshop.
March 2003: The Hunger Project Africa department visits Epicenters and AWFFI partners in Uganda and Malawi.
March 28, 2003: 500 women rally in Gujarat, 40 journalists attend briefing.
March 13, 2003: Listen to the conference call of US investor/activists, including a report from Prof. Badiul Majumdar and news of breakthroughs in 20 US localities.
March Newsletter: Subjugation of Women — Root Cause of Hunger.
February India Update: Gujarat Hunger Project Inspires Journalists.
February Uganda Update: Food Security in Mpigi Epicenter – A Breakthrough.
February 6: Watch the recorded webcast - "An Evening with Joan Holmes - Women's Philanthropy and Ending Hunger."
Article in the Daily Star Magazine by Badiul Majumdar, Country Director, THP-Bangladesh: Gram Sarkar: An ill-conceived idea.
February Newsletter:
Local Democracy and Ending Hunger
January 18-19, 2003:
Fundraising Leadership Conference
January 2003: The reach of THP in Uganda continues to expand across the country.
January Newsletter: Ending Hunger: The Bottom Line
Madame Aisseta Nagbila, Africa Prize torchbearer from Burkina Faso, is named one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century--2003 by Women's Enews:
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