This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global leaders Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron, and Theresa May led the #LeaveNoGirlBehind meeting at the UN General Assembly which emphasized the need for girls’ education around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In examining the current status of the gender pay gap, Global Citizen points to prominent examples of female actresses, pundits and other personalities who got compensated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen profiles a 9-year-old girl from Kenya named Sheillah Sheldone Charles, who draws portraits of women she admires in order to help her family and raise…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An investigation by USA today has revealed the the U.S. is the only developed nation with an increasing maternal mortality rate. • California is the only exception…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This NextBillion post reports on the influence that microentrepreneurs can have on social change in rural areas and how last-mile deliveries can help; Kopernik manages programs to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Students need a positive school environment that has the support systems and policies in place to encourage students to speak up about sexual assault happening in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Global Citizen post, Bangladeshi activist Atika Shafa talks about her work putting stickers on public buses that promote an anti-harassment hotline for women. • Sexual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • India Development Review reports on Anganwadi workers, women who work in rural centers taking care of poor children; learning from them can influence policy and philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The welcomed changing of China’s family planning policy will directly affect human trafficking in Asia. More than 3,000 people in Vietnam, most of them women and children,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A study suggests that Medicaid expansion has been linked to increased access to birth control for low-income women. • Should Medicaid expansion be adopted by additional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Entrepreneur magazine reports that programs for women in the computing and technology fields have inadequate support, per a recent study, urging action to close the gap.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Thato Mahlangu reports that each year since its start in 2011 Slutwalk has grown in South Africa and spread to other countries to protest victim blaming and end…