“How do we revive the habit of reading?” is a phrase you often hear. But this question echoes an inherently false narrative—one that supposes the existence of a habit shared…
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On the morning of April 9, 2011, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, founder and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was forcibly arrested by Bahraini authorities. He was physically assaulted, taken without…
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New research digs into why the paths of meandering rivers change over time and how climate change could affect them. The researchers first looked at the Mississippi River before adding…
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Addressing entrenched social problems in local communities like inequality, violence, or environmental degradation is as much about changing local cultures and mindsets as it is about reworking the socioeconomic structures…
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Spanning 12,500 hectares, the East Kolkata Wetlands in India serves multiple purposes, from fish farming, agriculture, and rice cultivation to functioning as the world’s largest wastewater-fed aquaculture system. By employing 60,000 farmers,…
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A little over a year ago, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and its allies began a new campaign to let more Bay Area foundations know about a little-known way of…
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In this report we present strategies to help increase workforce participation of working-age women in urban India.
Read the full article at: www.fsg.org
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While some democracies in the Asia-Pacific garnered global attention for their successful initial responses to the pandemic, questions about how well they have protected democratic values have remained, as well as questions about the sustainability of those responses over time.
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As a talent agent, Keely Cat-Wells advocates for more presence of people with disabilities on screens and for expanding their roles beyond representing disabili…
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In this blog, Eric Arellano explains why they are allocating 40% of their donations to ending animal agriculture as a promising and still neglected strategy to mitigate the climate emergency.
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The increasingly complex online ecosystem offers advantages to violent extremists. The authors identify gaps in current understanding of this online landscape.This detailed analysis suggests new policy settings are required….
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Why openness about fraud — and a plan to fix it — is key to more effective philanthropy.