This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Access to education shouldn’t be determined by a child’s gender, yet 130 million girls globally are out of school and 15 million girls of primary school age will never even enter a classroom.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Genevieve Iron Lightning has seen hardship. When the young Lakota dancer was just 11 or 12 years old, her mother began battling depression and alcoholism, causing her to treat her…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ensuring girls enter and stay in the classroom is seen as crucial in the fight to eradicate global poverty, so how can obstacles such as child marriage be overcome? Access…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In celebration of our 15th anniversary, GlobalGiving introduced an inaugural list featuring the most promising nonprofits in our community. GlobalGiving’s “Top 10 Nonprofits Committed to Impact” list features organizations that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new Nielsen report is confirming just how much financial power black women have when it comes to setting trends in mainstream consumerism. The “African-American Women: Our Science, Her Magic”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some needed just a minor boost — like enough cash to pay a utility bill or make next month’s car payment…Others confronted life-threatening crises, such as escaping domestic violence, finding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scale-up opportunities for women’s empowerment: In a high-level event organized by UN Women in the context of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, there was a strategic conversation on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a 23-year-old woman died from being brutally gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi, India back in 2012, ElsaMarie D’Silva — an aviation professional turned social entrepreneur — was compelled to join the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The results of a survey on knowledge of gender equality among national policymakers, released at the United Nations General Assembly, showed a shaky grasp on key gender-equality facts. Only about one-quarter of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A key agenda item at this year’s annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, under way this week, will be to assess global progress on the Sustainable Development Goals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women around the world, especially in developing countries, remain a minority in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields of study (STEM). According to UNESCO, in 121 countries, women make up…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender inequality in science, technology, engineering and math has been a long documented issue, but a new study coming out of the Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality offers…