Human Rights

Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are recommendations for how philanthropy can respond to the humanitarian needs of regional asylum seekers who have pending cases in the United States.  • Beyond the…

In the early 2010s, GiveDirectly gave the poorest households in rural western Kenya big unconditional cash transfers (UCTs), roughly equivalent to a year’s income. A year later, the result was…

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the practice of cutting and partially or entirely removing the external female genitalia, and also includes any other harm or injury caused to the female…

Every year, the U.S. imports billions of dollars worth of seafood from countries that may be using forced labor on distant water fishing vessels. A growing cadre of tech companies…

Twenty percent fewer kindergartners on track to learn how to read than their peers were at this time last year, and most haven’t made much progress since the fall, according…

In 2004, a new entity was formed with big goals to end deforestation, stop environmentally harmful practices and improve ethical sourcing in the palm oil industry, which was increasingly being…

Giving Compass’ Take: • In this report, four organizations engaged in Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Generation Work initiative describe work-based learning opportunities for young adults of color.  • How can…

In the United States, we know that long-standing systemic health and social inequities increase the likelihood of poor outcomes or death for members of racial and ethnic minority groups. For example, Black…

Women gained legal rights in nearly 30 countries last year despite disruption due to COVID-19, but governments must do more to ease the disproportionate burden shouldered by women during the…

Coding and computer science are typically associated with outcomes around problem-solving and analytical skills. For instruction that yields cultural literacy, we most often look to language arts and social sciences.…

If reparations for the descendants of enslaved people had occurred before the COVID-19 pandemic, virus transmissions could have been significantly lower not only for Black Americans, but also across racial…

The Atlanta Women’s Foundation examines all of our work through a gender lens because social problems affect women and girls in unique ways—biologically, psychologically, and economically—so programs designed to deal…