This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Becca Portman explain how the United States can take lessons from the rise of women workers in Japan to increase women’s labor force participation.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Smithsonian magazine article profiles Ellen Swallow Richards, the first female student at MIT, who started an all-women chemistry lab and advocated for consumer protections in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Child marriage compromises a girl’s development by resulting in early pregnancy and social isolation, interrupting her schooling, limiting her opportunities for a career and placing her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cailin Riley-Missouri shares strategies for creating more inclusive STEM spaces to encourage marginalized communities, particularly women of color. • How can funders work to create inclusive STEM practices…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Damaris Seleina Parsitau discusses the importance of engaging custodians of tradition to improve girls’ education to ensure long-term progress and prevent backlash. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Gary Barker advocates for engaging boys to end violence and sexual harassment against women by showcasing healthy and productive relationships. • How can funders go beyond financial support to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nalini Khurana and Ravi Verma explain that existing cultural gender dynamics demand that men be engaged in women’s economic empowerment. • How can funders help to build culturally-appropriate solutions for women’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Below is a book list that details the lives and experiences of powerful women in 2018, from Michelle Obama to Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first U.S. Olympian to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new initiative in Toronto, Canada will allow two Shoppers Drug Mart locations to have free tampon dispensers for homeless women to use in an attempt to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Urvashi Sahni, writing for Brookings, discusses the idea that girls in India should have compulsory gender education that encompasses gender equality and critical thought on social norms. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Through advances in education, the transgender community, stopping crime, public transportation or many areas of politics, Global Citizen shines a light on 10 trailblazing women who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • United Nation Foundation examines the humanitarian crisis in Yemen through the lens of Anjali Sen, a UNFPA representative who is working to protect women and girls…