Gretchen Knoth

If you’re looking to deepen your knowledge of global agriculture development and US agriculture policy, tune into the Chicago Council’s Global Food Security 2013 Symposium, a day-long event on food and nutrition security, right from your desk. The event will be aired in a live webcast, so that means that all day, you’ll have access to

We have a new product at the ONE store: FEED Bags. You may have seen these iconic burlap bags around, but do you know the story behind them? Learn more about the brand that’s making a big difference and then visit our online store today to get your own! Model and activist Lauren Bush was first asked

Can’t find the perfect gift for the doting mom in your life? I’ve got you covered. As ONE’s resident products-for-good expert (don’t believe me? Check out all the gift guides I’ve written for ONE!), I’ve scoured Pinterest, blogs and more to bring you some of my favorite fair trade products that I think would work

With fewer than 1,000 days until the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire, there was a lot of excitement and anticipation surrounding the World Bank and IMF spring meetings taking place in Washington, D.C., just last week. Thousands of government officials, journalists, civil society organizations and members from academia and the private sector are invited every spring to attend meetings and seminars at the World Bank and IMF to discuss the global economy, international development and the status of the world’s financial markets.

In light of the UN High Level Panel’s meeting in Bali, Indonesia this week, Don Steinberg’s talk at Georgetown University, “The Path to Ending Extreme Poverty: the new rules of the road for development cooperation”, is more timely than ever. Photo caption: Don Steinberg. Photo credit: Human Rights Commission, Flickr This week’s UN High Level Panel

Photo credit: Save the Children As you may have learned from this year’s International Women’s Day, gender-based violence is one of the largest and most widespread issues in global public health today. Though it has only recently been considered as a health concern, it deserves global attention alongside HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB. But now that the

ONE invited nearly 200 members and volunteers to a summit in Washington, D.C.,  this past weekend to learn more about our upcoming campaigns and lobby Congress to protect funding for life-saving humanitarian aid programs. With all of the hard-work they were doing, we thought it would be fun to give them a chance to shop

As I’m sure you all can imagine, it’s been a busy week in Congress. With the budget debate still going strong and sequestration looking more and more likely, all US-funded programs are on the chopping block. Photo credit: The Global Fund  With everything at risk, the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC), a group of more than 25

Wondering how gender equality and land rights are linked? Women, not men, are primarily responsible for agricultural production and cultivation in the developing world. Without rights to land, women are unable to feed themselves and their families, and provide access to shelter, food, education and medical care as a result. Parakuo Naimodu, mother of 11

In the midst of federal budget negotiations in D.C., ONE is even more focused than ever on ensuring that funding for life-saving programs is protected. Photo Credit: The World Bank, Flickr A big part of that effort is ensuring that resources that are allocated for programs that fight extreme poverty and preventable disease are used