This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender inequality is a global problem. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Women Entrepreneurship Report 2018/19 shows that the average rate of women’s overall entrepreneurial activity is 10.2%, which is more than three-quarters of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sustainability is fast becoming a boardroom priority but there is still a “rhetoric gap” between what corporate leaders say, and the actions that they take. To ensure sustainability isn’t forgotten…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990, it became illegal to restrict access – to employment, education or federally funded institutions – based on disability.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Global efforts to end gender-based violence should strengthen their focus on adolescent girls in humanitarian settings, finds a new study. “Despite the fact that we know that violence against adolescent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 2013, global efforts have been made to gain control over the AIDS epidemic by 2020 through UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 targets. The focus has been to have 90% of all people living with…
How do we as a planet go from poverty to prosperity? From hunger to abundance? From vulnerable to protected? These are some of our most complex challenges, and they will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To keep the window open to limit global warming to 1.5 C, countries need to accelerate transformation towards a net-zero emissions future across all sectors at a far faster pace…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A little more than a month after World AIDS Day 2019, COVID-19 started to impact our HIV programs in Asia as countries like Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam began quarantine. Community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was clear before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started that it was going to be busy. Six months later, we’re looking back at a trail of broken records, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A child who grows up in a low-income household could have a worse memory after the age of 50, the Atlantic reports. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February of 2017, 64 healthy adult Kenyans checked into a university residence in the coastal town of Kilifi. After a battery of medical tests, they proceeded, one by one,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By Anastasia Moloney Cities must move to the front line of efforts to fight gender inequality that has grown worse in the coronavirus pandemic, said six mayors from three continents…