The United Nations released its annual report on women in the world and its findings are decidedly mixed. In the…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – It’s the first night of the dry season, but you wouldn’t know it from inside the…
By Michael Buckler special to Humanosphere Good intentions don’t educate girls. International campaigns can unravel, leaving villages like mine in…
A new study has raised questions about the benefits of a long-established health strategy pushed to improve child welfare in…
By April Simpson special to Humanosphere International nongovernmental organization are often accused of failing to empower a local partner agency, choosing…
While South African government officials crow about their success in meeting the Millennium Development Goal of universal access to primary…
What if there were as many beat writers for international development as there are for the New York Yankees? What…
The United Nations championed the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for lifting more than 1 billion people out…
Apparently, education is the silver bullet to, well, everything. Nelson Mandela’s oft-quoted bit about education being a weapon should have…
By Amy VanderZanden, special to Humanosphere One of the international community’s primary anti-poverty and pro-equity goals has been to increase…