Giving Compass' Take:

• Cathy Sakimura, deputy director of the LGBTQ legal advocacy organization National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and Lara Kaufmann, director of public policy at the girls empowerment organization Girls Inc. discuss how to advance gender equality throughout the year. 

• What are you doing in your daily life to contribute to the progress of gender equality? How is your philanthropy advancing this cause?

• Check out this guide for gender equality.

Once a massive outlet for the bubbling contempt felt by so many after President Trump's election and inauguration, the fervor for the 2017 Women's March, likely the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, has subsided to a simmer for some after a number of controversies marred the national Women's March organization.

First, there were early complaints about the makeup of the marches, many of which skewed white. Then, in 2018, news broke of allegations of anti-Semitism within the organization's leadership, on the part of some of the march's national co-chairs.

Attendance last year dropped off in comparison to 2017's record-breaking march. Although, as the Washington Post reports, 2019's march was still "number seven of the 10 largest days of protest since Trump took office."

But whether or not you took part in any of the 2020 Women's Marches that happened Saturday and Sunday, taking to the streets is still just one piece of the puzzle. With a fast-approaching election, and, of course, a seemingly ever-present patriarchy, working towards gender equality should be a year-round effort. There's no need to wait until the next Women's March, as leaders from organizations working towards gender equality told us.

We spoke to Chu, along with Cathy Sakimura, deputy director of the LGBTQ legal advocacy organization National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and Lara Kaufmann, director of public policy at the girls empowerment organization Girls Inc., to find out where and how you can make advocating for gender equality part of your daily routine.

Read the full article about activism beyond the women's march by Natasha Pinon at Mashable.