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Global Issues
Girls & Women
Girls and women are essential to building healthier, better-educated and sustainable communities. Women and girls are too often afflicted with ... Read more
Health
Healthy people are able to live fuller, happier lives. They are able to pull themselves out of extreme poverty. For ... Read more
Education
The world has cut the number of children without an education in half. This progress must extend to the over ... Read more
Finance & Innovation
It's possible to end extreme poverty by 2030 — but only if governments, businesses and philanthropists invest $350 billion extra ... Read more
Food & Hunger
Well-fed people create stable communities, perform better in school and take advantage of the opportunities to end extreme poverty. The ... Read more
Water & Sanitation
Clean water, a place to “poo” and waste systems are not too much to ask. Read more
Environment
The world’s poorest people will suffer most from the climate crisis, despite contributing the least to the problem. The effects ... Read more
Citizenship
Around the world, countless people face daily inequalities — from the LGBTI community, to children with disabilities. We can build ... Read more