This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sivan Tuchman and Travis Pillow explain how researchers discovered inequity in out-of-school enrichment opportunities in Denver, disadvantaging black and Latino students. • How can funders best help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michelle Threadgould and Dana Preston explain how Casa Amiga Esther Chávez Cano is working to protect women and increase gender equality in Juárez, which is famous for femicide. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dana Schmidt outlines three outdated notions that funders, NGOs, and governments need to move beyond to make a real impact on education for girls globally. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lola Deja-Vu Delgadillo Vargas, a trans woman, shares her journey from sex worker to advocate working to protect sex workers and LGBTQ people in Mexico. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Black Lives Matter movement and national voices like Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative have placed a spotlight on the grim shortcomings of our criminal justice system—calling for it to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Pew Research Center, liberal democrats are the most active when discussing political beliefs on social media compared to other partisan groups. • What are the potential…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Adele Peters reports that a game is teaching girls how to avoid child marriages which are dangerous and damaging to individuals and society. • How can funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ammar A. Malik and Jared Stolove explain how the women of South Asian slums suffer due to climate change compounded by sexism. • How can funders direct…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Salem Solomon explains how food scarcity and poverty force girls into sex work, in this case in Kenya. • Crises leave women and girls vulnerable to exploitation,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pew Research Center reports on a recent survey among respondents in Japan that show how most are dissatisfied with the nation’s democracy, politicians and elections, even though…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses how to reorient philanthropic investments for justice-oriented impact. • The upshot here is that systems-level change requires us to take a healthier…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for The Conversation, psychiatry professor Ronald W. Pies explains the meaning of pathological bigotry and why it should be treated as a public health problem,…