Counterpart International (Counterpart) Updates

In the face of extreme gender inequality in Afghanistan—what many women’s rights leaders around the world are referring to as “gender apartheid”—both women and the broader society are suffering...

Niger’s struggling economy, security concerns, and refugee crisis have undermined the political will for reforms and fostered instability and a lack of trust in government. To address the serious...

Economic development and social cohesion go hand in hand and both drive stability in conflict and post-conflict countries. Below, we look at impact stories from Mozambique and Burundi to demonstrate...

Counterpart’s McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition projects, funded by USDA, address both the immediate need to fight hunger and malnutrition and longer-term needs, such as improving...

Funded by USAID, Counterpart implements the Resilient Governance in Niger project, also known as Jagoranci, to strengthen the social contract between local authorities and citizens, and to enhance...

Since 2018, Counterpart has been working to strengthen the enabling environment in Bangladesh, helping to foster and support an emerging and vibrant civil society. We partner with the government,...

Health is an important component of all of Counterpart’s projects around the world. We advocate for better government policies around public health provisions, we support improved nutrition and...

A child who stays in school gets an education that sets them up to be a productive adult. Too often in low-income countries, however, children are unable to go to school because they are forced to go...

In many countries around the world, school lunch is the only meal that children in low-income communities can reliably count on. Today, on International School Meals Day, it is important to take a...

With programs around the world and decades of experience ranging from governance to women’s empowerment to food security, Counterpart ensures that it captures lessons learned and translates them into...

Despite being one of the region’s more stable countries, Senegal remains a low-income, food-deficit nation with malnutrition rates as high as 26 percent in children under the age of five. Since 2008,...

This year Afghan women and girls were a focus of Counterpart’s participation in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. We kicked off the annual campaign by hosting a virtual event...

On the USAID-funded Haiti Civil Society Strengthening Program (CSSP), led by Papyrus, a Haitian management firm, Counterpart is conducting training courses to improve the advocacy capacity of local...

This story is part of Counterpart’s 16 Days of Activism series. This year’s global theme is “Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls.” At Counterpart, our women’s empowerment team partners...

Through the USDA McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program, Counterpart strengthens the resiliency of food systems by fostering the conservation of resources,...

Under international law, apartheid is defined as a system of legalized racial segregation originating from South Africa, but a growing consensus among international experts, stakeholders, and...

On October 30, 2020, USAID, in partnership with the University of San Diego Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, hosted an event featuring USAID Acting Administrator John Barsa, to celebrate the...

Democracy and governance (D&G) deficits — particularly weak state capacity, accountability, and legitimacy; exclusion or marginalization of population groups; and weak civic engagement — are drivers...

Counterpart International’s office in Kabul was attacked at 1140 local time today by suspected suicide bombers in a series of explosions. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. We are in...