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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
Ending extreme poverty needs innovative ideas, good governance and sustainable financing. Funding global development needs inspiration from every part of ... 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. Over a billion people suffer ... Read more
Environment
A healthy planet takes care of its people. Healthy people take care of the planet. Protecting the earth promotes the ... Read more
Citizenship
The world needs active global citizens who are engaged in the world, knowledgeable about its diversity and passionate about change. ... Read more