Human Rights

Despite a notoriously innovation-adverse environment in UN organizations overall, a growing body of success stories are changing lives and contributing to continuous organizational learning.

An annual report lays out what has changed for Black women’s representation in elected office — and what still has barely budged.

“Immigrants in states with public insurance restrictions for postpartum immigrants are less likely to receive postpartum care.”…

HBCUs provide an environment where Black students don’t have to worry about their sense of belonging or encountering a cold reception…

The Donors of Color Network is working to get funders to increase their funding to BIPOC-led organizations working toward climate justice.

As we continue to witness the increasing impacts of wildfires, flooding, storms, and other natural hazards on communities worldwide, we cannot discuss disasters without looking at climate change. And that…

A webinar hosted by The Conversation brings together experts in law, health, policy and Indigenous affairs to explain some of the most pressing problems related to water in the US.

L.A.’s district attorney just charged a polluting plant with 22 felonies.

After decades without, incarcerated people can now access Pell Grants. Here’s what to know.

Women fill the significant majority of teaching roles in schools, yet they hold fewer than a third of superintendent positions nationwide. School districts must enact deliberate programs to develop female leadership pipelines.

Many domestic violence survivors qualify for unemployment insurance, can take time off to go to court or can ask for workplace accommodations. But few even know those laws exist and fewer employers are following them.

The Washington Post graph, from OSHA data In a world that’s getting hotter, laws don’t protect most workers who are subject to extreme heat,…