This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Generous family leave time. Reduced tuition for child care programs. Fewer requirements to receive government support. These are some of the policies other countries have taken to ease the burden…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last summer, as the Monterey Peninsula district in California planned to go back to school, homeless students quickly became a major focus. Superintendent PK Diffenbaugh worried about the 200 students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “There’s something about immigrants that makes us almost expansive in our thinking, because in our neighborhood, the world meets.” In April, as the impact of Florida’s shelter-in-plan orders rippled through…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, the global community must take action and be bold in realizing our collective vision of a gender-equal world by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to UN Women and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), an estimated 1 in 3 women will experience physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner violence in their lifetime. These figures do not include…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hundreds of thousands of Poles have taken to the streets since late October, defying bans on mass gatherings and risks from the COVID-19 pandemic to protest the government. An immediate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine one hundred years ago if farmers had access to huge volumes of information about the soil profile of their land, the varieties of crops they were growing, and even…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The year 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, an agenda considered a landmark for advancing gender equality. Unfortunately, 2020 also ushered in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While charitable foundations regularly leverage grantmaking to advance their missions, the potential impact of their investments is not always similarly scrutinized. To begin exploring your foundation’s effect on Black, Indigenous…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A national survey of 1,444 McKinney-Vento education liaisons in 49 states shows a 28% drop in the identification of homeless students compared to fall 2019, amounting to an estimated 420,000 fewer children…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender lens investing (GLI) is investing done with gender concerns as an important factor in the decision making process. It is done in order to get to better business, social,…
In this conversation, Aaron Walker, Founder and CEO of Camelback Ventures, and Afi Tengue, VP of Philanthropy and Impact at Giving Compass, examine and debunk the myths that plague the social sector and…