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• September 20, 2021

  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Honors Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Former Executive Director of UN Women, With 2021 Global Goalkeeper Award

  Foundation also recognizes three additional Goalkeepers Global Goals award winners who are taking action to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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• September 13, 2021

  Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Finds Stark Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts

  New data reveals world stepped up to prevent worst-case scenarios from happening; spotlights need for long-term investments to ensure an equitable recovery and continued progress toward the Global Goals.

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• September 22, 2020

  Gates Foundation Honors Director of Africa CDC With 2020 Global Goalkeeper Award

  Foundation also announces three Global Goals award winners and launches two innovative partnerships to address COVID-19 impacts in Kenya.

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• September 15, 2020

  Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic

  Report shows how economic damage has reinforced inequities and derailed achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; spotlights countries innovating to meet challenges.

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• September 25, 2019

  Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards Presented in New York on September 24

  Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-hosted the fourth annual Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards on September 24 in New York to celebrate outstanding work around the world that is directly linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).

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• September 25, 2019

  Prime Minister Ardern and Prime Minister Sánchez to join Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates at Goalkeepers 2019 in New York City

  Today, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will co-host the third annual Goalkeepers event in New York City. This event convenes global leaders to recognize the progress that’s been made in global health and development and highlight the critical importance of closing the global inequality gap to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals). New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and other emerging and established leaders from around the world will be participating.

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• September 17, 2019

  Gates Foundation Report Spotlights New Data on Global Inequality, Calls to Prioritize Those Being Left Behind

  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its third annual Goalkeepers Data Report, which features new data showing that while progress on health and development continues unabated, global inequality remains a major barrier to achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).

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• May 22, 2019

  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints Goalkeepers Advisory Board to Accelerate Progress on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the appointment of a new advisory board to help shape the direction of Goalkeepers, a multiyear initiative dedicated to accelerating progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).

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• September 26, 2018

  President Bio, President Macron, and Prime Minister Solberg Join Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates at Goalkeepers 2018 in New York City

  Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-hosted the second annual Goalkeepers events on September 25 and 26 to highlight the remarkable progress toward the reduction of extreme poverty, and the need to accelerate efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals.) They were joined by H.E. Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone; President Emmanuel Macron of France; Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway; United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed; and many established and emerging leaders from around the world.

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• September 18, 2018

  Gates Foundation Report Says Demographic Trends Threaten Global Progress, Calls for Increased Focus on Health and Education in Poorest Countries

  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its second annual Goalkeepers Data Report, pointing to demographic trends that could stall unprecedented progress in reducing global poverty. While 1 billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty over the past 20 years, rapid population growth in the poorest countries, particularly in Africa, puts future progress at risk. If current trends continue, the number of extremely poor people in the world could stop its two-decade decline—and could even rise.

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