This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Diana Duong explains how the Global Financing Facility works with governments in vulnerable counties to develop systemic, sustainable changes to improve health outcomes for women and children. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • UN officials recently discussed a gender equality index that takes into how well countries are doing when it comes to empowering women. • How will the UN hold…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Melinda Gates created a coalition of technology companies to help increase the number of women in tech. The group will develop new approaches to make computer science…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Thomson Reuters Foundation reports on the annual Human Development Index from the U.N., which emphasized how critical gender equality is to peace, stability and prosperity. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Gates Notes post profiles Jeanne d’Arc Girubuntu, Rwanda’s first professional female cyclist who is blazing a trail for other women athletes in Africa and beyond.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Ryan reports that Slide Safe is delivering HIV test kits directly to sexually active adults to increase testing rates, which are low thanks to social stigma. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Faras Ghani that high infant mortality rates in developing countries can be dramatically reduced through sex education and WASH funding programs. • How can funders provide sustainable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Global Citizen post profiles four influential women in Africa, from an actress who helps refugees to a mathematics professor who devoted 10 percent of her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Randall Akee explores possible explanations for the high mortality rate among First Nations women in Canada, which is almost 5 times the national average. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rule of law is the cornerstone of society. Though it’s not recognized, understood or appreciated enough, according to the World Justice Project, it is essential for development and human rights.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company profiles an organization called Girl Effect, which encourages young women and girls around the world to express messages of empowerment through grassroots media projects.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian Magazine tells the remarkable story of Angeline Nanni, who became a code breaker at the height of the Cold War, along with several other female contemporaries.…