This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nigerian singer, Wizkid, is bringing awareness and accountability to the issue of sanitation as a barrier in Nigeria, particularly for girls and their education. • According to the author, the Nigerian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathleen Loehr, chair of the Advisory Council for the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, speaks on the trends in charitable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Recent allegations against Brett Kavanaugh have spawned concern in the classroom regarding how to better educate youths about sexual harassment. Here, EdSurge explains how schools can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Malala Fund launched the Full Force campaign which aims to invest in girls’ education and is calling on the leaders of the G20 Summit to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Donna Strickland’s recent Nobel prize ends half a century in which the committee ignored big breakthroughs by female physicists. The Guardian highlights other women groundbreakers in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marie Claire profiles VOW, a charity recently launched by human rights activist Mabel van Oranji, whose mission is to end child marriage globally through partnerships with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • FSG explores gender equity as it relates to impact investment, giving advice for businesses that want to contribute to this area: Data, partnerships and embracing complexity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stacey Boyd is the founder and CEO of Olivela, an online retailer that partners with luxury brands that donate 20 percent of the proceeds toward a cause…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Manoj Chaurasia and Michael Safi report that 36 school girls from Triveniganj were hospitalized by boys and their families wielding bamboo sticks and iron rods beat them for protesting sexual harassment. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2016 U.S. presidential election was contentious and polarizing. For the first time, a woman was the presidential candidate of a major political party. Nearly $2.4 billion was raised for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company reports on two initiatives — The Female Founder School and Ready, Set, Raise — which are trying to help women start more businesses and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Erin Sagen discusses the disconnect between child and maternal mortality rates in the United States healthcare system, where the baby’s health is treated as the primary concern.…