This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced its first-ever gender equality strategy, which will commit $170 million to women’s economic empowerment. Previously, the foundation’s investments in gender-related work focused largely on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Emotions ran high at a recent performance of “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” (“To Cross the Face of the Moon”) at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My medical team leader is on an extended break, there isn’t anybody else to write the important Monthly Medical Report (MMR), and as the last Mental Health Activities Manager (MHAM)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As urgent crises around the world, such as the brutal war in Syria, drag on for years, the humanitarian sector’s ability to build new partnerships will be key to handling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The European Union is open to an aid worker register as well as revamping the “rules of engagement” with the charities it funds in the wake of sexual misconduct by staff at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The D5 Coalition, as part of its wind-down process, has finalized its formal evaluation and received feedback from a range of foundation CEOs, trustees, and philanthropic leaders. This feedback was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nina, a doctor from the UK, is in Bangladesh, caring for people who have fled violence in neighboring Myanmar. As she approaches the end of her posting with Médecins Sans Frontières…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have spent many hours talking with colleagues in international development about how to tear down the barriers that block women’s progress around the world. Now, we’re confronting the fact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. War has consumed Afghanistan for the past 17 years, so it’s unsurprising that the country ranks 152 out of 153 on the Women, Peace, and Security Index. The Index reports that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I’m sure you’ve seen tons of articles over the past few weeks with suggestions on how to make the most of your Black History Month. Maybe you learned something about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Speaking at the Bond conference in London on Monday, the head of Save the Children, Kevin Watkins said the issue of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment within the sector was “systemic.” He also owned…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a letter addressed to the “KIPP Team and Family,”the executive leadership of the powerful charter school network announced the dismissal of one of its co-founders, Mike Feinberg, stemming from a…