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New data highlights Canada’s retreat from the world’s poorest
OTTAWA — New data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development reveals that Canada — which assumed the presidency of the G7 last week — was the only…
ONE welcomes and urges ambition on Trudeau’s planned focus on women’s empowerment in G7 presidency
OTTAWA — Today, The ONE Campaign responded to the Trudeau government’s announcement of the 2018 G7 themes, which include “growth that works for everyone” and women’s empowerment.
Stuart Hickox,…
ONE reacts: Leaders set out to tackle the global education emergency
Leaders from Senegal, Malawi, France and Norway gathered at the UN today to set out the financing effort needed to seize an historic opportunity and tackle the global education emergency.
ONE Campaign and partners call on governments globally to respond to the crisis of over 130 million girls out of school.
World leaders commit to tackling global education crisis that is holding back millions of children and threatening progress and stability
NEW YORK, 20 September 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres; United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; heads of state of France, Norway, Malawi and Senegal; and other global education leaders today committed to tackling the global ‘education crisis’ holding back millions of children and threatening progress, at a high-level event in New York City.
MP Michel Picard presents petition to House of Commons backed by more than 40,000 Canadians urging prioritization of girls’ education
OTTAWA — Yesterday, the Honourable Michel Picard (Montarville, Quebec) presented a petition on the floor of the House of Commons. The petition calls for an increase in funding for…
Lack of new funds in International Aid Review recommendations is disappointing
“The juxtaposition of a recommended 70 percent increase to the defence budget with a recommended 0 percent increase to the development budget is simply stunning.”
OTTAWA — Upon release of…
The ONE Campaign Agrees with Malala: Canada Should Lead on Girls Education
OTTAWA — Today Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, in an address to a joint session of Parliament in the House of Commons, asked the government to take a greater…
On aid, Budget 2017 fails to fulfill Liberals’ potential to lead
Budget 2017 fails to deliver new investments to close Canada’s leadership gap in fight against extreme poverty
OTTAWA — Upon news that the Trudeau Government’s Budget 2017 contains no new…
ONE applauds funding for food crises in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
OTTAWA —More than 20 million people are facing extreme food insecurity as a result of conflicts in northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, as well as a devastating drought…
ONE names Gayle E. Smith president and chief executive officer
After an extensive worldwide search, the board of The ONE Campaign has named Gayle E. Smith — a top advisor on development issues to two American presidents and one of the world’s leading experts on global development — as president and chief executive officer.
Bono: “Merci, Canada”
World leaders came together this weekend to make the largest multilateral commitment to a global health project in history, raising nearly US$13 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
African Business leader and Philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, joins Board of The ONE Campaign
Anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign has welcomed the appointment of Aliko Dangote to its Board.