Press Releases
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The toughest places for a girl to get an education
ONE’s ground-breaking report, The Toughest Places for a Girl to Get an Education, reveals the ten toughest countries and highlights some of the many unique barriers girls face. The rankings were compiled using global data on 11 factors that reflect girls’ experience of education, including school completion rates, female literacy and pupil-teacher ratio. ONE’s analysis…
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ONE endorses bipartisan bill to study effectiveness of international organizations
The ONE Campaign today offered its support for the introduction of theMultilateral Aid Review Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill to study the accountability and effectiveness of international organizations supported by the United States government.
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Former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte joins board of The ONE Campaign
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) will join the board of directors of The ONE Campaign, the global advocacy organization co-founded by U2 lead singer Bono to fight extreme poverty and the spread of preventable diseases. Senator Ayotte represented New Hampshire in the United States Senate from 2011 to 2017, serving on the…
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ONE reacts: Leaders set out to tackle the global education emergency
Today must be the day that the world turns a corner and tackles the global education emergency. Over 130 million girls are out of school — that’s over 130 million potential engineers, entrepreneurs, and politicians whose leadership the world is missing out on. It’s a resource-waste of epic proportions, and a global crisis that perpetuates poverty.
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World leaders commit to tackling global education crisis that is holding back millions of children and threatening progress and stability
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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ONE Campaign welcomes Senate confirmation of Mark Green as USAID administrator
“It’s really been remarkable to see such strong, bipartisan support for Mark Green’s nomination these last few months, and it’s great to see that support translate into a unanimous Senate confirmation today. I think it’s emblematic not only of Ambassador Green’s clear qualifications, but of Congress’ appreciation for USAID’s work in the fight against extreme poverty.”
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House’s spending plan for foreign operations would be dangerous
“An 11 percent cut to the budgets of USAID and State may look better than the 30 percent cut proposed by the President, but it would still be profoundly damaging” WASHINGTON — POLITICO is reporting that House leaders have set the 302(b) for State and Foreign Operations at $47.5 billion for FY18 — a cut…
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Jones, Petraeus, McChrystal, Mullen, Stavridis, McRaven and other top military leaders warn Congress about President Trump’s foreign aid cuts
16 top retired generals and admirals: “The severe cuts to the State Department and USAID that the Administration has proposed will make America less safe, and Congress should reject them” WASHINGTON — With Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Capitol Hill this week for hearings on President Trump’s FY18…
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ONE Campaign responds to President Trump’s FY18 budget proposal
WASHINGTON — The following statement on President Trump’s full budget proposal for FY18 is from Tom Hart, North America executive director at The ONE Campaign: “There is so much that is disturbing in this proposal that it’s difficult to know where to start. “Funding for food for starving people is slated to be completely eliminated…
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Leading humanitarian, development, and global health organizations join forces against cuts to foreign assistance
As U.S. non-profits that operate in nearly every country across the globe, we are committed to working with vulnerable people and those who are living in poverty and to alleviating human suffering to make the world a more peaceful, just, and prosperous place. Our work is often done in partnership with the U.S. government and has produced dramatic and demonstrable results, including bringing us to the brink of controlling some of the globe’s most deadly diseases.
