Dollar a Day: Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Nicaragua

Over a billion people worldwide live on a dollar a day or less. Read how Ritu Sharma walked in their shoes.
See diaries from 2008, 2009 and 2010. >

Chef Art Smith
Joins Food Security Campaign

Worldwide, 2.5 billion people live on $2 a day.  Chef Art Smith is asking you to cook just one meal for that amount.
Help Women Feed the World. >

Global Women's Issues Featured on CSPAN

Watch Ritu Sharma talk about global women's issues on CSPAN's Washington Journal.
Watch now. >
What's New

International Women's Day 2012

In honor of International Women's Day, Women Thrive Worldwide, along with Honorary Co-Chairs Senator John Kerry, Representative Ted Poe and Representative Jan Schakowsky, will be hosting a breakfast on Capitol Hill.

 
Event Invitation: Bridging the Gender Technology Gap
Women Thrive Worldwide invites you at our February Gender Roundtable event, Access Denied: Bridging the Technology Gap. Click through for more information about the event and to RSVP.
 
Women Thrive Welcomes U.S. Action Plan on Women and Children in Conflict
Women Thrive Worldwide welcomes the release today by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, a strong first step towards ensuring a positive U.S. role in the safety of women and children in conflict zones as well as their full inclusion in peace-building processes.
 
The Year of Gender Integration?
There has been a lot of rhetoric in Washington  this year about the importance of women.  How has that translated into action? Seema Jalan, Director of Global Development Policy, explains in the latest issue of Monday Developments.
 

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