This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ann Schimke explains how the falling teen birth rate in Colorado has forced teen parent programs to close or change. • How can funders continue to drive…
Giving Compass’ Take: · Girls around the world often lack the support they need and access to education. Here, Global Citizen explains how, with support from Citi, Girl Rising is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has had a devastating effect on girls’ education. During their rule, hundreds of girls’ schools were shut down, and many destroyed, displacing hundreds of thousands of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last decade and a half there have been tremendous gains in global education enrollment. Nevertheless in 2014 the United Nations reported there that while more children than ever are going…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • UN Women reports on how women and girls in Syria have endured the brunt of hardships since the conflict in Syria; many have escaped to Jordan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nina Martin discusses the disparately high rate of death Black women experience in pregnancy and childbirth. • How can funders close the racial gap in maternal mortality? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Al Jazeera reports on the atrocities endured by female Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, many of whom endure sexual violence as they flee their home country. Stigma…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • News Deeply reports that many women in Bangladesh do not have access to basic financial services, limiting their upward economic and social mobility. This is due…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • News Deeply reports on the unofficial street traders of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania, who can now make their businesses official for the first time through a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen profiles a grassroots organization in Uganda that aims to help victims of sexual violence, providing medical care and law enforcement advocacy. • What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jared Watts shares his personal experiences working with women enduring and recovering from fistulas, which carry enormous physical and emotional consequences if left untreated. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bethan Hughes reports that WHO guidelines changed to reflect that tranexamic acid can prevent maternal deaths caused by excessive bleeding. • How can philanthropists help support…