This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 may leave an additional 130 million people hungry by the end of the year, according to the United Nations. And a recent report by CARE shows how women and…
Artificial intelligence will disrupt labor markets and the global economy. It will help medicine, health, and sustainability, and challenge building an inclusive economy. Tech companies will benefit, but governments must…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mild cases of COVID-19 do not appear to affect the health of pregnant women and their fetus, the study finds. Pregnant women with mild cases of coronavirus disease 2019 had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Days before the launch of Harambee’s newest partnership with the South African presidency to scale up in-person job placement centers across the country, COVID-19 forced the country into lockdown. Plans came…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) report has clearly illustrated that while there has been some advancement, progress has stalled, and in some cases reversed, in vital areas like hunger and inequality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The wave upon wave of forced displacement shifting global populations in recent years is an unprecedented crisis. By the end of 2019, 79.5 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced due to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Charitable foundations, like charities, come in all shapes and sizes. The largest typically hold hundreds of millions in endowments and employ dozens of staff, with the capacity to engage in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five tech tools and online wellness platforms that make mental health care easily accessible for middle to low-income countries. • These apps and platforms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we mark World Mental Health Day 2020, read some of the most moving and meaningful mental health stories from our frontline staff. Mary Unchained US midwife Kristine Lauria writes in this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Droughts usually evoke visions of cracked earth, withered crops, dried-up rivers and dust storms. But droughts can also form over oceans, and when they then move ashore they are often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the status of women and girls around the world has been improving, the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to undo years of advancements made in the fight for gender equity.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Laboratory experiments indicate that many marine creatures could theoretically tolerate temperatures far higher than what they encounter today. But these studies don’t mean that marine animals can maintain their current…