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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently partnered with the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation to create the No Ceilings:The Full Participation Project, which conducts research and summarizes trends on the status of women over the last 20 years, as...

The Hunger Project’s program partners celebrated International Women’s Day in a variety of ways–from participating in rallies to hosting events focused on women’s rights and empowerment.

It has been twenty years since the establishment of the Beijing Declaration--the resolution which sought to create a world where men and women would be created equal.  And while great strides have been made in advancing gender equality laid out in the Declaration, one...

Symon Brewis-Weston, CEO of Sovereign, received the UN Award for Leadership–one of only five CEOs around the world to be recognized for his progressive approach to workplace diversity and community engagement.

President and CEO, Åsa Skogström Feldt, recently traveled to Ghana where she met both the President and Vice President of Ghana.

In honor of International Women’s Day which took place on March 8, our President and CEO, Åsa Skogström Feldt, joined us live via video chat from her recent trip to Benin. See the full video as well as questions and answers asked by our followers.

The United Nations has declared March 22 International World Water Day. Read more to find out the theme and how you can take action!

The Hunger Project President and CEO, Åsa Skogström Feldt, was invited to speak at a round-table hosted by Electrolux, which focused on how businesses and other parts of society contribute to social and economic development in new growth regions.

Q+A: We talk to Senegal’s Monitoring and Evaluation Officer about the importance of participatory M+E.

On the first morning of “Beijing+20″ – the 59th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women – The Hunger Project hosted a parallel event with BRAC, Helen Keller International and with the support of the UN Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge.

Each year the World Bank produces a World Development Report to help development organizations and aid workers enhance the quality of their efforts. The 2015 World Development Report holds new insights into how people make decisions, and provides a framework to help...

On March 8, The Hunger Project joins billions of people around the world to celebrate International Women’s Day to honor women around the world, reflect on progress made, call for change and celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.

It’s time to rethink the solution to ending hunger. We know that hand-outs don’t work. We know that top-down models of aid don’t work. We do know that ending hunger is possible within our generation and that world hunger has been reduced dramatically in the last 30...

In 2014, The Hunger Project-Ethiopia made many great accomplishments in the areas of education, health and community mobilization. They expanded their education programs to encompass more than 6,500 adult learners and are planning on expanding their nursery school...

President and CEO of The Hunger Project, Åsa Skogström Feldt, was selected as one of 21 spokespeople to address the Interactive Session of the General Assembly on the Elements of the Political Declaration as part of the intergovernmental negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

The Hunger Project-Ghana improved farming education and expanded local epicenters to include more education opportunities, sanitation facilities and health services in 2014.

A new report says that while there has been much progress made in reducing under-five child mortality rates over the past 15 years, a significant number of children--mostly poor and minorities--are not living long, productive lives. Published by Save the Children,...