Hunger brides
Zali, age 12, was forced to marry an older man This piece was written by Erin Kennedy, advocacy technical adviser for CARE’s Gender and Empowerment Unit “Love and marriage go together like a horse and...
View ArticleOn childhood tuberculosis, time for action
Tuberculosis places an enormous financial and emotional burden on families. Credit Sara Liza Baumann. Today, the ACTION Partnership releases its second brief on children and tuberculosis, issuing...
View ArticleWhat makes you angry?
Many things in our modern lives make us angry: long lines at the supermarket, missing the last bus, traffic jams, difficult-to-open packaging. Sometimes though, it’s worth taking stock and considering...
View ArticleONE Act a Week: Watch Matt Damon’s video for World Toilet Day – then take...
Action: 66. Time: 10 minutes. Difficulty: Easy Consider this: more people in the world have a mobile phone than a toilet. And that’s why we’re joining Water.org to spread the word about World Toilet...
View ArticleApply to be a Leland Hunger Fellow
Do you like agriculture and hate hunger? Have you worked in Africa? Do partnerships, politics and policy analysis make you tick? If so, how about working at ONE through a prestigious fellowship...
View ArticleOne fact of life
In honor of World Toilet Day, here’s a guest blog post from Water.org: Words can barely describe the experience. It is something none of us living in the developed West will likely ever have to do....
View Article‘It’s globalization, dude’
I’ve got this friend. He’s from Pakistan, recently categorized as a “least developed” country on the Human Development Index (HDI). When we first met, I was sure he was American. His English was...
View ArticleDebunking myths: Five things you (probably) didn’t know about the New...
Have you ever had that experience when you hear about a new band, but before you listen to them all your friends tell you they’re no good? You get discouraged, but then you decide to listen to them for...
View Article2012 Highlights: A year in global transparency
Photo caption: ONE members at the SEC earlier this year Highlights from 2012 in the areas of aid transparency, natural resource transparency, budget transparency and technology. This year, ONE...
View ArticlePresident Obama and the Global Fund: Love on the rocks?
“We’re perfect for each other” “I love a man who can commit” “I need to see you invest in this relationship” With Valentine’s Day just a few days away, it’s not surprising to hear phrases like this...
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