Our goal is to help build inclusive, resilient economic systems that expand access to food, quality education, and opportunity—so people thrive and communities grow stronger.
In response to Kenya’s grassroots organizing, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a dozen concrete, actionable steps to end all forms of gender-based violence by 2026. A roadmap is in place to…
During the pandemic, our foundation has intensified its commitment to investing in researchers and innovation ecosystems in low- and middle-income countries. This includes the next generation of Grand Challenges grants:…
Urgent action is needed to help smallholder farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa adapt to climate change, which is already creating crisis conditions that threaten the livelihoods of millions of…
Mobile payments to vaccination workers are an important tool in the fight to end polio—a tool that promises to have similar benefits for any number of other public health initiatives.
We know how to make smart investments in equitable economic recovery. If the IMF and the international community fail to act now, decades of development progress will be lost.
The 11 grantees of the Gates Foundation’s first U.S. education Grand Challenge will design and implement innovative solutions to make algebra more accessible and relevant to students of color, English…
We already have the breakthrough technologies needed to provide safe and affordable sanitation services to the billions of people who are at risk of waste-borne diseases. Building markets and attracting…
Data collected during the pandemic show just how much worse women have fared economically than men. Without urgent action, they will only fall further behind during the recovery.
The COVID-19 pandemic has largely affected women more than men. To build a strong economic recovery, data shows we must advance progress toward gender equality.
