The mix of knowledge, insight, and experience made for compelling conversations at Wednesday’s wine reception before the screening of Bonsai People. With financial managers mingling with social entrepreneurs, it seemed the perfect venue to ask people what they thought about the new president of the World Bank. Some attendees weren’t aware of the selection, or if they were, had few opinions about... [Read more]
Posts Tagged ‘global development priorities’
New U.N. Agency for Women’s Empowerment Announces Priorities
On January 24th, Michelle Bachelet announced a 100-day action plan for U.N. Women, a newly-formed agency for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women around the globe. “Women’s strength, women’s industry, women’s wisdom are humankind’s greatest untapped resource,” said Bachelet, a former president of Chile and executive director of the fledgling agency. Bachelet laid out five... [Read more]
Investing in Women and Girls – Access to Rights and Resources
Submitted by By Yvette Gerrans Just after lunch, and 100+ women and a minority of men drift in with expectation. We’re wanting to talk about investing in women and girls—why it’s needed, why it works, and how to do it well. Sessions like this have always felt like a long-distance meeting of “the sisterhood” to me, we women talking about women. Geeta Rao Gupta (Bill & Melinda Gates... [Read more]
Policy News Roundup — February 23, 2010
A girl uses bottle tops to count in a math lesson in Ghana. See girls' education in Ghana article below. US Global Development Policy: Rajiv Shah, the new USAID Administrator, will testify at the upcoming House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing March 3, 2010– U.S. Policies and Programs for Global Development: USAID and the FY 2011 Budget Request. Check this link after March 3rd for the... [Read more]
Secretary Clinton’s Future of Development and Global Washington’s Principles of Aid Effectiveness
source: Foreign Policy magazine Hillary Clinton made a speech on development reform yesterday that is well-covered in the media. You can read commentaries on the speech by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times, William Easterly in Foreign Policy Magazine, blogger Chris Blattman, Devex (for the development worker perspective) and others, like this article on how not only are women the solution but... [Read more]
Blueprint for Action: Convene, Strengthen, Advocate in a Digital Democracy
Global Washington just launched our crowdsourcing site, Blueprint for Action, a collaborative social media project dedicated to building a ‘digital democracy’. We encourage everyone willing to share an innovative idea for tackling global development challenges to participate in setting priorities for the sector. Blueprint for Action is an inclusive forum for you to connect with other progressive... [Read more]
