Tag: USAID
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Feed the Future – How Food Security Impacts Gender Inequality
September 7, 2016- Gayle Smith, USAID Administrator announced a new report in Nairobi, Kenya today that extends the United States Government’s previous 2009 initiative on the promise of eradication of global hunger and poverty. The new report outlines the strategy to end global hunger for the next 15 years. “Bolstered by the strong bipartisan passage of…
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New Paper from Women Thrive Assesses USAID’s Gender Policy
Two years ago, USAID implemented a Gender Equality and Female Empowerment policy. Women Thrive recently released a paper examining the successes and shortcomings of the policy, entitled “The Path to Inclusive Development: Assessing the First Two Years of USAID’s Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy.” The paper notes the importance of this policy, saying that it demonstrates USAID’s…
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A Panel on Ending Extreme Poverty in Conflict-Affected Contexts at Center for American Progress 01/28/14
A panel was held at the Center for American Progress (CAP) this morning on ending extreme poverty in conflict-affected contexts. Among the Panelists were Alex Thier, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID , Larry Attree, Head of Policy, Saferworld ,Nancy E. Lindborg, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), USAID , John Norris, Executive…