This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A Brockton nonprofit is partnering with Massasoit Community College to provide an English and financial literacy program for city residents with limited proficiency, using a $10,000 grant from Eastern Bank.…
When Emi Mahmoud was asked to comment on recent news — that the one-millionth South Sudanese refugee just crossed into Uganda to escape conflict, drought, and economic collapse — she…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a captain steers her ship, she is not looking down at the waves in front of her or even a few hundred meters ahead – she looks out on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are saddened by the passing of Joy T. Hashimoto (1927-2017), a YWCA leader and an inspiration. Born in California to Dr. George Y. and Mary Takeyama, she and her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One thing you hear often in education is that your ZIP code shouldn’t determine your educational destiny. This is something even folks who say they oppose “education reform” ostensibly believe.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The tech industry has serious issues with bias and sexism — this is not news. Our progress toward equality is slow and imperfect. But as the news cycle pivots from…
Two years into a pioneering three-year development impact bond (DIB), Educate Girls—which tackles gender inequality in India’s educational system, is showing promising results. With a DIB, a service provider receives upfront…
The lives of girls and women have changed dramatically over the past quarter century. Today, more girls and women are literate than ever before, and in a third of developing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of all of their human rights and to be free from all forms of discrimination. Yet, discrimination against women persists in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mandela was released in February 1990 after spending 27 painful and cruel years behind prison bars and walls, primarily in solitude or in male-only environments. He rejoined a society scarred…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One-fourth of all refugees, displaced persons, and disaster victims are women and girls of reproductive age. They need more than food, water, and shelter; they need the ability to determine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women all over the world share one thing. Their periods. With women’s health improving globally we have never menstruated more than we do today but still millions of women don’t…