This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women around the world are taking to the streets on International Women’s Day to urge faster progress on gender parity in economic opportunity, education and other important issues. The theme this year,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Providing quality schooling for the 75 million children worldwide impacted by conflict, natural disasters, or epidemics each year remains a challenge for the humanitarian community, with education advocates estimating that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From young women fighting for access to clean water to those advocating for gun control or acceptance and trans rights, here are seven young activists you should know about:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four years and an entire chancellorship after Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to diversify New York City’s most elite high schools, the schools remain as stubbornly segregated as they were before he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nekkita Beans, a Mississippi native and president of the University of Mississippi’s Black Student Union, stood center stage in a campus auditorium reading aloud the history of a group of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Julie Washington found herself sitting with a little girl at a school outside Detroit. The two were reading the classic P. D. Eastman picture book Are You My Mother? The girl—4…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Three years ago, the largest child abuse scandal in Pakistan’s history shattered Hussain Khanwala, Punjab, home to a poor farming community. In 2015, the Nation newspaper reported that a gang running…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the resurgence of the sexual misconduct allegations against former Oxfam staff in Haiti. Although the story originally surfaced in 2011, it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we celebrate the vibrancy, strength and resilience of all women and girls this month, we must also come together to make sure every young girl is supported, nurtured and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report examining the gender structure and policies of 140 global health organizations shows that men dominate leadership positions. It also reveals that the majority of these organizations lack…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it,” Jonathan Swift once wrote. It was hyperbole three centuries ago. But it is a factual description of social media, according to an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations Children’s Fund is starting 2018 with its largest appeal yet for humanitarian aid, reflecting the strain multiple protracted crises are placing on relief and development work across the world. Some 84…