This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Daniele Selby unpacks the legal, cultural, and practical barriers to women’s workforce participation around the world. • Which of these barriers are most significant in communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alicia Seiger, writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, discusses the need for business leaders and investors to take climate action now to address concerns for the future. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When they think of an innovator, many people imagine an individual, toiling away alone in a laboratory, coming up with ideas the world has never seen. In reality, most innovation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Rockefeller Foundation is taking steps to improve urban resilience infrastructure by setting an indsutry standard for resilience, and then building infrastructure that will meet community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tony Wan at EdSurge interviews Stavros Yiannouka who believes preparing students for tomorrow requires challenging past assumptions and conventions about how we live and learn. • What is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Microcredit is useful in helping individuals become entrepreneurs and driving progress in achieving SDG 1: Eradicating poverty. • What are the challenges with microcredits and small…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The 2019 Social Progress Index tracks progress against the SDGs and presents data on wellbeing in the form of an interactive map. • How can funders use…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are seven videos to powerful speeches from participants at the UN General Assembly, ranging from youth climate activists to the World Health Organization director. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Bridgespan Group provides a range of perspectives from philanthropy leaders on the value of pay-what-it-takes philanthropy. • Are you providing funding to best support the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Italian scientists are working with a building company to create a cement that absorbs pollution out of the air. • What other ways can scientists and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers are gathering data in collaboration with Greenland’s Inuit population to better understand what is happening in the Arctic. • How will this data help inform…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five ways that leaders are spurring climate action, with the understanding that there must be stronger commitments to address this climate emergency. • How…