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Mar 26, 2013
A high-level UN panel is in Bali this week meeting for the final time before submitting a key report on a post-2015 development framework to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The panel's report will outline the group's vision and priorities for a...
Mar 22, 2013
The Russian government has released its 2013 G20 Outreach Strategy Report for its presidency of this year’s summit. The document includes information on country and organization invitees, but it also outlines the specific functions that each of the...
Mar 22, 2013
The budget. Sequestration. The deficit. Lots of talk, and numbers, are flying around Washington right now. What does it all mean for international aid? Find out from the people who know, during a live Twitter chat Wednesday, March 27 organized by...
Feb 11, 2013
InterAction members will now adhere to standards recently updated to include provisions on books and educational materials, and to require that all members also self-certify compliance with sexual exploitation and abuse protection standards every...
Jan 31, 2013
President Obama on Wednesday signed a Memorandum that will coordinate U.S. government efforts to promote gender equality worldwide. In the document, Obama acknowledged the capacity of a more empowered global female population to increase “broader...
Jan 10, 2013
A huge opportunity to end extreme poverty must be taken by world leaders, a new report by Save the Children says. The report, titled “Ending Poverty in our Generation”, sets out ten objectives to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),...
Jan 2, 2013
A global initiative to improve aid worker standards is seeking input from InterAction members and others who work in humanitarian crises. The Joint Standards Initiative (JSI) – a partnership of three leading standards groups – has launched a survey...
Dec 27, 2012
The U.S. Senate this week is considering an amendment to a proposed spending bill for Hurricane Sandy relief that would cut $9 billion from key international development accounts, or nearly one-third of the annual budget to fight global poverty. Sen...
Dec 18, 2012
  They were told to assemble in Gao's market place at dusk. A man accused of using tobacco was escorted before the crowd by several members of the al-Qaida splinter group Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa. "Then they chopped off his hand...
Nov 27, 2012
Schools, offices and roads in Gaza are open and normal activities underway, amid a ceasefire reached Nov. 21 that the UN says appears to be holding. A Nov. 26 situation report from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...
Nov 8, 2012
InterAction this week congratulated President Barack Obama on his second term and urged him to mark it with a bold vision for ending global poverty. The president's most immediate challenges are negotiating a FY2013 budget and stopping sequestration...
Nov 1, 2012
A week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, recovery efforts continued on the U.S. Eastern seaboard as commuters navigated lengthy commutes, tens of thousands of people remained in need of shelter, and the region braced for another storm. More than...
Oct 23, 2012
InterAction is seeking examples of tools, resources and other materials that have been used in protection programming to demonstrate measurable change and true impact. This call for examples is part of a new project, launched by InterAction's...
Oct 16, 2012
The number of undernourished people worldwide has fallen more steeply than previously calculated, according to a report with revised estimates from the United Nations. Improved data and methodology was applied retroactively to 1990, showing greater...
Oct 1, 2012
InterAction is seeking proposals from individuals interested in holding workshops at this year's Forum, an annual gathering of 1,000 professionals from the NGO, government, corporate and philanthropic sectors.  The three-day event—from April 29-May...
Sep 27, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and InterAction announced Thursday that InterAction members will spend more than $1 billion in private funds over the next three years to combat global hunger. Speaking at an event on the sidelines of the...
Sep 25, 2012
On the final day of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, Mitt Romney outlined his views on U.S. foreign assistance, while President Barack Obama highlighted human trafficking and what his administration is doing to address it. Speaking to...
Sep 24, 2012
Leaders from several InterAction member NGOs are among the world, business and civil society leaders convening this week at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) themed “Designing for Impact.” The International Center for Research on Women, PATH...
Sep 14, 2012
About 14,000 fewer children under age five die each day than did two decades ago, according to a report released Sept. 12 by three United Nations agencies and the World Bank. The drop -- from 12 million deaths in 1990 to 6.9 million in 2011 --...
Sep 12, 2012
Congress is in the midst of fierce budget battles as the threat looms of sequestration—a series of automatic budget cuts set to be implemented on January 2, 2013 unless Congress agrees on an alternative deficit reduction plan.  On September 11, 2012...