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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.
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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.
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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 girls’ education from $0.02 per Canadian per day to $0.04. This petition follows an open letter, signed by over 40,000 Canadians, urging world leaders to act…
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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 Trudeau government’s International Assistance Review (IAR), ONE’s Canada Director, Stuart Hickox, said: “Putting girls and women at the centre of Canada’s international assistance spending…
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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 leadership role in educating girls around the world. Representatives from the ONE Campaign were invited to attend Yousafzai’s honorary Canadian citizenship ceremony and her address. ONE’s…
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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 increases in poverty-fighting assistance, ONE’s Canada Director, Stuart Hickox, said: “There’s no doubt about it: this budget is disappointing. The funding level proposed for the…
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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 affecting Somalia. This afternoon Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, on behalf of Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie committed $119.25…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As critical AIDS conference approaches, Trudeau writes: “Poverty is Sexist”
Responding to open letter from nearly 100 high-profile signers and more than 200,000 activists around the world, Prime Minister Trudeau pledges to make girls and women focus of aid policy OTTAWA — Responding to an open letter to world leaders by supporters of the ONE Campaign about how extreme poverty disproportionately impacts girls and women,…
