Our Global Development website is funded by support provided, in part, by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The content follows Guardian News & Media’s (GNM) published editorial code and is editorially independent. The site was launched in 2010 to give special focus on global development, particularly the millennium development goals — the eight targets set out in 2000 by the United Nations Millennium Declaration - with the aim of improving the lives of the world’s poorest people by 2015. The content includes comment from a range of voices around the globe, as well as news, features, debate, data and student resources.
Guardian Cities
Guardian Cities was launched in 2014 to create a fresh and engaging online hub where people could talk about urban life and the future of cities around the world. The site includes opinion and analysis from a range of voices across the globe, along with news, graphics and data. Although supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, the site is editorially independent of any sponsorship.
Modern day slavery in focus
This series is supported, in part, by Humanity United, a US-based foundation that focuses on building peace and advancing freedom. The content is editorially independent and covers modern day slavery. Although slavery was abolished by most countries in the 19th century, bonded and forced labour, trafficking and exploitation persist. The series uncovers abuses often hidden from public view and investigates the root causes of this ongoing abuse, looking at potential solutions. Through investigative reporting, analysis and debate, the series unpicks a complex issue that touches the lives of millions of people in communities everywhere, from the richest cities to the poorest villages in the world.
Women’s rights and gender equality
The women’s rights and gender equality in focus series on the Global development site launched in February 2014 to examine issues affecting women, girls and transgender people around the world, and the critical work being carried out by women’s rights movements.
The series was made possible by funding from the Ford Foundation and Mama Cash, which is also an advisory partner. The site is solely responsible for all journalistic output. Along with Mama Cash, the Guardian is also working in partnership with the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (Awid). As expert partners, Mama Cash and Awid put the team in touch with women’s rights advocates, organisations and movements around the world.
