This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened economic and food security for young women in sub-Sahara Africa, prompting them to prioritize marriage and children over education. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Kate Kelland explains that donors from 10 countries have pledged $1 billion to a fund backed by the World Bank aimed at improving the nutrition and overall health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tiffany Smith explains how policymakers and nonprofits are working to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women, who disproportionately die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Akindare Okunola describes the recent online protests in Nigeria against sexual violence and police brutality in the wake of three disturbing, gender-based acts of violence. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the most recent Point-in-Time data analyzed in The State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition, 2016 began a trend in the number of individual adults experiencing homelessness, rising annually from that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that when states require insurance companies to provide coverage of infertility treatments, there is a decrease in maternal mortality rates. • There are many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jorge Fontanez shares three insights about trends within diversity and inclusion that focus on leadership, retention, and culture. • How can these trends help workplaces target areas to ameliorate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is a list of 50 WOC-led organizations based in the United States that you can support to increase donations for women of color. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2012, Kate Roberts and Her Royal Highness, The Crown Princess of Norway devised a plan to end poverty by focusing on women and girls. Soon after, Melinda Gates —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part one of a two-part series highlighting how strategic philanthropy is making an impact on women and girls. Read part two. Growing up in a rural, remote area of Kilifi…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating menstrual health inequities for women, but more investment in menstrual health and hygiene initiatives could bring about positive outcomes for women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alia Wong discusses a study that suggests that the women’s suffrage movement helped improve education because more kids stayed in school during this time period. • What is…