USAID [to 8 November 2014]
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USAID Launches Long-term Commitment to Afghan Women and Girls
November 8, 2014
USAID’s Largest Gender Program Will Build upon Afghan Progress from the Past Decade
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah today launched a five-year program in Afghanistan focusing on the education, promotion, and training of 75,000 Afghan women between 18 and 30 years of age. The Promote program will support women’s efforts to enhance their contribution to Afghanistan’s development by strengthening women’s rights groups, boosting female participation in the economy, increasing the number of women in decision-making positions within the Afghan government, and helping women gain business and managerial skills. USAID is committing $216 million to Promote and is seeking up to $200 million in additional financial commitments from other donors. Promote is the largest women’s empowerment program supported by USAID anywhere in the world.

U.S. Government Announces Chid Stunting Rates Drop in Ethiopia, Maize Yields Increase in Zambia
November 6, 2014
Bipartisan legislation to support Feed the Future pending in House and Senate
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced new data today demonstrating the impact of the U.S. Government’s innovative global hunger efforts, including the Feed the Future initiative led by USAID in partnership with 10 other federal agencies. Just weeks after the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced the number of chronically undernourished people in the world has fallen by more than 100 million over the last decade, new data in Zambia and Ethiopia underscore the impact of U.S. leadership in the fight against global hunger and undernutrition.

USAID Announces Four Grants to Pilot Innovative Technologies for Atrocity Prevention
November 4, 2014
Today, USAID announced four new grants to winners of the joint USAID-Humanity United Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention. The grants of up to $50,000 will help recipients partner with an operational NGO or an established human rights group to further develop and pilot their innovations to document atrocities and facilitate communication for those at risk.