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In light of recent instances of violence against women and girls (VAWG) making the news in the UK, this guest blog shares the thoughts of Nimat Jaffer, VAWG Programme Manager…
Attendance at postpartum healthcare visits declined by almost six percentage points during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers report. Uninsured women, Black women, and women under age 19 faced the sharpest decreases…
Kayce Ataiyero is the Chief External Affairs Officer at the Joyce Foundation—a private foundation that aims to advance racial equity and economic mobility in the Great Lakes region. Kayce connected…
A recent report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed significant concerns about the protective environment that the Jamaican state has created to reduce children’s vulnerability to violence.…
The U.S. teaching workforce is far less racially diverse than its student body. All students —but particularly Black and Latinx students—benefit academically and socially from having teachers who are people…
Gender-based violence (GBV) is the most pervasive yet least recognized human rights violation in the world (Heise, Ellsberg, and Gottmoeller 2002). No longer only a general community issue, GBV has…
Pakistan’s rural population is disproportionately affected by the low quality of the public education system, with girls and young women the most underserved. Of the 20 million children not going to…
As the poverty capital of the world, Nigeria’s problems are many and technology has proven to be a great way to solve some of the issues the country is dealing…
Unlike most developed nations, America has never treated care of its youngest children as a public good worthy of significant public investment, especially in relation to K-12 public education. That’s…
Organizations today are likely to be left behind if they don’t take steps to fully embrace technology. For nonprofits in particular, adopting digital and tech solutions can allow the organization…
When flooding devastated northwest Pakistan in late August, 8-year-old Sinain Bibi lost out on about two months of education after half of her school building was swept away, along with…