This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Glasspockets’ Transparency Talk, Orson Aguilar of The Greenlining Institute discusses the importance of tracking and transparency when it comes to bringing more diversity to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world has made amazing progress in expanding access to health over the past few decades. Between 1990 and 2017, the number of people living in poverty has been cut…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Activist Judith Heumann talks about the progress that has been made for disabled people’s rights — and how there is still a long way to go.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Properly designing and assessing programming to prevent violent extremism can help to increase success. Each government must decide what process makes sense for themselves, these guiding questions can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Merging USAID’s disaster offices is a move with potential for positive and negative change. ASking the right questions can help to keep the process moving in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Because of diverse reasons for and methods of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) around the world, there is no one approach that can end it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pell grants provide an opportunity to reduce recidivism and improve former-inmates lives. • How could other education programs replace or supplement Pell grants for prisoners? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Al Jazeera details the plight of female prisoners in Sierra Leone, whose ranks are growing due to a system that disproportionally targets poor people. • Are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Skoll Foundation offers a pathway to scale impact for social entrepreneurs by incorporating advisory services instead of taking direct action. • How can philanthropists work with social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Promoting a ‘maker education’ means encouraging students to make, build and create in order to enhance opportunities and strengthen creativity. Below are five suggestions for how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: • Development and NGO actors are still navigating how to intervene in high conflict zones and face discussions about reform of the development system. • How can development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company reports on the surprising success of California’s prison education system, which offers many face-to-face college classes for inmates and re-entry programs, making a transition…