Empowering women who work in agriculture presents a major opportunity. Chief of Economic Empowerment Jemimah Njuki at UN Women tells us why it is critical that the progress of agriculture is truly ...

The world's worst child health crisis is malnutrition. Climate change is making it even harder to solve. To protect the world ...

An expert reveals what learning may look like in the future—and how to ensure that all students benefit equally.

A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of Sanitation at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center is a new exhibition that highlights toilets of the future and visions of sustainable ...

We are data people, and this is a data report. Sort of. In 2015, leaders from 193 countries agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals—the SDGs. These were big, bold objectives we wanted to achieve ...

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

to make baseline research on media and communication habits available via the internet to help improve public projects and programs that have communications or media ...

SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Marguerite Roza, Ph.D., has joined the foundation as a senior data and economic advisor in the U.S. Program, working across the ...

Our Delhi office oversees the foundation’s work in India, which includes partnerships with the central and state governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector. We began our work ...

Our organization was founded on a simple premise—that people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live a healthy, productive life. In 2021, we published our ...

The Guardian today has launched a new website in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help focus the world's attention on global development. The site will provide a new space for ...