This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While COVID-19 has had a distressing impact on mental health around the globe, World Health Organization professionals working in this area are heartened by the new, increased attention being given…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to eliminate a class of chemicals widely used as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps. If that feels like déjà vu,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic halted life as we knew it, the world is now in a very different place. There are now eight vaccine candidates approved for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grounded in the belief that women’s economic inclusion is one of the most unexploited opportunities for improving lives, women have become a major focus of development policy over the past…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 crisis cost women around the world $800 billion in lost income in 2020, Oxfam said on Thursday, as it demanded steps to tackle gender inequality. Women, overrepresented in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a lot of complaining going on in the field of philanthropy lately. It feels like philanthropy whack-a-mole. One new idea pops up and everyone loves it. Then it gets…
How will investors help make the UN Sustainable Development Goals happen? In partnership with UN Global Compact. “I normally say it’s a false dilemma. There is always this view that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the 12 years since its founding, OneGoal had grown to engage almost 12,500 high school students a year in six metropolitan areas and had become widely recognized for its success in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Jenner Institute of Oxford University announced that during their phase two trials concerning 450 children in Burkina Faso over 12 months, the vaccine achieved 77% efficacy, surpassing the World…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Okello Aballa Ognum regularly has to walk deep into the jungles of southwest Ethiopia to treat the water ponds that harbor a debilitating parasitic disease. Painstakingly, he measures the water…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last March, students everywhere watched as their schools and daily routines were suddenly an existential threat. Gone were the pleasures of playing with their friends at recess, eating lunch in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations General Assembly week in New York in September was a global stock-taking exercise aimed at understanding where the world collectively stands on progress toward the Sustainable Development…