Global & Public Policy Positions

InterAction and its members advocate for funding of poverty-focused development programs and humanitarian relief, while also engaging on issues like foreign assistance reform, democracy, rights, and governance, global health, food security and nutrition, water and sanitation, and humanitarian access.

Updates

NGO Recommendations On USDFC

InterAction Members urge the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to prioritize and fully implement its development mandate and focus on international best practices to…

Lindsey Doyle

Aug 5, 2020

Global & Public Policy Positions

InterAction Statement Urging Congress to Appropriate $20 Billion for COVID-19 Response

InterAction, the largest U.S.-based alliance of international NGOs that implement and advocate for U.S. humanitarian, global health, development, and democracy programs, strongly urges the U.S.

InterAction

Jul 24, 2020

Global & Public Policy Positions

More Than Our Words

Today, we celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 102nd birthday. A revolutionary, statesman, and humanitarian, we remember Mandela for his commitment to social justice and democracy. As South…

Jon Blum

Jul 16, 2020

Global & Public Policy Positions

The Urgency of Green Recovery from COVID-19

The COVID-19 origin story is still unfolding. From bats to potentially a pangolin, to humans in wildlife markets in Wuhan, to Naples, to Cairo,…

Lindsey Doyle

Jun 5, 2020

Global & Public Policy Positions

Statement on the President’s Announcement to Pull Out of the World Health Organization

InterAction issued the following statement on President Trump’s announcement to pull out of the World Health Organization. “The President’s decision to terminate the U.S. relationship…

InterAction

May 29, 2020

Global & Public Policy Positions

Statement on the House’s Proposal for Next Phase of Coronavirus Relief Legislation

The international development and humanitarian organizations listed below issued the following statement on the House’s proposal for the next phase of coronavirus relief legislation: “The…

InterAction

May 12, 2020

Global & Public Policy Positions

InterAction Members Urge Congress to Fund International Response to COVID-19 In Next Supplemental

On April 22, 2020, 106 InterAction Members sent the following letter to leadership and appropriators in the House and Senate urging Congress to provide no…

InterAction

Apr 23, 2020

Global & Public Policy Positions

Nonprofit Leaders: Bold Climate Change Commitment Can Save Lives

As the world braces for what is expected to be one of the worst hurricane seasons on record, we are reminded that the effects…

Abby Maxman

Carrie Hessler-Radelet

Sam Worthington

Apr 22, 2020

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Staff

Jenny McAvoy

Director, Protection

Julien Schopp

Vice President, Humanitarian Policy and Practice

Kate Phillips-Barrasso

Director, Humanitarian Policy

Noam Unger

Vice President, Development Policy, Advocacy and Learning

Global & Public Policy Positions

Updates

NGO Recommendations On USDFC

InterAction Statement Urging Congress to Appropriate $20 Billion for COVID-19 Response

More Than Our Words

The Urgency of Green Recovery from COVID-19

Statement on the President’s Announcement to Pull Out of the World Health Organization

Statement on the House’s Proposal for Next Phase of Coronavirus Relief Legislation

InterAction Members Urge Congress to Fund International Response to COVID-19 In Next Supplemental

Nonprofit Leaders: Bold Climate Change Commitment Can Save Lives

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