By Kedar Mankad and Emily Huie
A pivotal moment is set in the calendar in a few short weeks. In Addis Ababa on 13-16 July, leaders and Ministers from around the world will gather to discuss how to finance development, just before the new Global Goals – the sustainable development goals – are set to be launched in September. 2015 represents an opportunity for the world to end extreme poverty once and for all. The development of these new goals and...
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When eight top female artists from across Africa, superstar music producer Cobhams Asuquo and a team of ONE staff got together in Johannesburg to create 'Strong Girl', the song didn't exist.
We had a beat, a melodic hook, a concept, some very talented people and three days to make it happen.
Nine of Africa's most talented artists have come together to create a new anthem that celebrates the power of girls and women everywhere. It's called, "Strong Girl."
This is part of our series of blogs exploring the facts about why #PovertyisSexist. Today we’re taking a closer look at the challenges girls and women face in the agriculture sector.
Although the headline is a bit clickbait-y, this statistic is unfortunately true in some parts of sub-saharan Africa. However, not for the reasons you may think.
Men aren’t naturally better at farming than women, in fact women provide roughly half of all agricultural labour in Africa. But due to less access to...
Today is World Health Day and the theme for 2015 is Food Safety. Now, this may take you back to begrudgingly putting your hair up during food tech classes to avoid the stray-hair-in-your-pasta-drama, but food safety is actually about a LOT more than a strand of additional protein accidentally landing in your spag-bol!
Meet Amleset, Adissalem and Elsabet, three of the women who make our new Raven + Lily's bracelet - with beads made from bullet casings. The workshop on Entoto Mountain in Ethiopia primarily employs at-risk, HIV-positive women.
Isn’t it annoying when politicians dodge your questions? We think so!
Thats why we we launched our Just Say Yes campaign this week. Will you join us and get candidates to say YES to ending extreme poverty?
On this day 25 years ago Nelson Mandela was getting his first taste of freedom in 27 years. To honour this day, we take a look at 7 other individuals who broke the law to change the world.
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