This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lucy Sherriff explains how girls’ education can ward against child marriage, a common problem with enormous consequences for women, communities, and countries. • How can funders help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Madeleine Keck explains that educated women slow population growth, reducing climate change based on the example of the southern Indian state of Kerala. • What role can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors at Brookings describe trends in women’s employment, whether men or women are more likely to get college and doctoral degrees, how segregated fields of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anam Parvez Butt, Francesca Rhodes, and Man-Kwun Chan explain how removing or reducing the burden of care work would free up women to participate in economic pursuits, decreasing economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • COVID-19 has an extreme impact on maternal health, family planning, and abortion services due to lockdowns and lost income as a result of the pandemic. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer share three community development strategies they have learned after years of working in the international development space. • What do community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mercy Chikowore, at The Women’s Foundation, calls for immediate action to finally tear down centuries-old walls of systemic oppression towards Black women and girls. • What can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An international charity has launched an interactive sex education app in Sierra Leone in response to the fear that teen pregnancies will increase during COVID-19. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rutgers professor Rachel Devlin is raising awareness about the young black women who were at the forefront of the desegregation battle and the abuse they endured.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At CityLab, Kendra Hurley describes how COVID-19 has provided parents of color with a much-needed respite from excessive, unwanted child welfare scrutiny. • How does child…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors at RAND Corporation discuss how tenuous a time it is to be a working mother, not only financially but also mentally. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alyasah Ali Sewell and Rashawn Ray, at Brookings, expose the devastating health effects on Black communities that stem directly and collaterally from police violence. • What will…