Innovation

In development contexts, women are often considered to be a singular unified cohort that can be grouped together and served based solely on their gender. However, women are not a monolith. This overly simplistic classification interferes with the development community’s ability to serve the most vulnerable populations of women. Intersectionality broadens the concept of “women” and brings visibility to women with differential identities.

A WHO report on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) reveals an important change in direction, in our view. Specifically, WHO is adopting a monitoring mechanism that will rely on a WHO-convened consortium of institutions, including the Access to Nutrition Foundation and others. This approach follows the recognition that, “WHO has not been able to finalize a concrete self-reporting tool, including related indicators, that non-State actors could use to publish their own contributions on their own websites for independent comparison and assessment.”

Nancy Conrad launched the Conrad Foundation and its flagship program, the Conrad Challenge, after the passing of her husband, Charles “Pete” Conrad. Pete was the third man to walk on the moon and an entrepreneur in aerospace exploration. Earlier this month, NASA confirmed that the first all-women spacewalk would take place on March 29th. We took the opportunity to speak with Nancy, who shares her husband’s passion for inspiring future explorers and has made incredible efforts to keep his spirit for innovation and entrepreneurship alive.

I recently attended Boston University (BU) School of Public Health’s Dean Symposium, “Private-Sector...

At the Foundation, our individual and collective values are evidenced by our unwavering commitment to independent research, science, advocacy, and collaboration. As President of the Foundation, Derek Yach, stated at the BU Symposium, “All sources of funding bring biases and...

It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that I left my home in Pakistan to study in the UK. Back then, when I wanted to hear my family’s voice, I had to wait beside a landline telephone for what seemed like an eternity to get a three-minute, very expensive call from home. Compare that to communication technology now. Our mobile phones instantly connect us to the world 24 hours a day.

It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that I left my home in Pakistan to study in the UK. Back then, when I wanted to hear my family’s voice, I had to wait beside a landline telephone for what seemed like an eternity to get a three-minute, very expensive call from home. Compare that to communication technology now. Our mobile phones instantly connect us to the world 24 hours a day.