This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While estimates are frighteningly low for the percentage of financial assets under management by women and minorities, that number is destined to change. Leading the charge for this change as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. LEWISTON, Me. — She is 17 years old, has an alarming itch “down there” and has come to the family planning clinic because she doesn’t know where else to go.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Domineisha, a 24-year-old from an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, dreamed of becoming a nurse, but she had to choose between pursuing a career or helping her family pay the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are many ways that donors can help to improve the lives of women and girls, but it can be difficult to sift through the immense amount of data and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a remote pueblo in Patzún, Guatemala, 13-year-old Bledia Toroc walks through tall corn stalks on a muddy path as a heavy fog and misty rain settles on the green…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the past several years, all across America, parents, teachers and local school districts have been having conversations about how best to accommodate the dignity, privacy and safety concerns of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the next year, the IT sector alone will need to fill 1.1 million jobs, about half of which will go unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers (ITAA…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are deeply concerned about the issue of pay discrimination. Survey after survey indicates that unequal pay ranks at the top of women’s concerns about their work. To resolve the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Involvement in the juvenile justice system has tremendous costs for the individuals within it, as well as for society. Such involvement may damage a child’s relationships with friends and family,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Factories producing Ivanka Trump-brand clothing have recently drawn “sweatshop” accusations. Of course, the United States had its own sweatshops once, often with worse conditions than factories in poor countries today.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Educate Girls development impact bond is at risk of validating its premise. With the bond, Educate Girls aims to improve education for 15,000 children, 9,000 of them girls, in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many Americans, starting their own business is the manifestation of the American dream: Take a risk, work hard, get rich. So why don’t more women do it? Read more…