Gender Equity

Rachel Carson and Greta Thunberg are household names, but the list of female environmentalists throughout history is long. Like many fields, the accomplishments of women in environmental work have often been overshadowed…

Candid Blog | Learn about the challenges Black women and gender-expansive nonprofit leaders face, including a lack of trust–and the sector-wide implications of these disconcerting dynamics.

This Women’s History Month, we are marking the progress being made towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender Equality by highlighting an emerging theme in LISC’s lending portfolio: Gender Lens Investing. A fast-growing…

COVID-19 has made very visible how climate change will affect us all on a global scale, which has stirred renewed energy to ‘build back better’ through climate resiliency. Some of…

COVID-19 has made very visible how climate change will affect us all on a global scale, which has stirred renewed energy to “build back better” through climate resiliency. Some of…

The world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030. The Human Development Report’s Gender Inequality Index (GII)—a measure of women’s empowerment in health, education and economic status—shows…

Every girl and boy deserves an equal chance to survive and thrive. As the leading expert on childhood, Save the Children has been championing equal rights for every child for over 100…

The ongoing energy transformation, driven by renewables, is bringing far-reaching, systemic change to society. Renewable energy employs about 32% women, compared to 22% in the energy sector overall, according to…

During a week when the world has focused on how governments and corporations can support initiatives that uplift women and girls globally at the Generation Equality Forum (GEF), more than…

As the Vietnam government looks to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 crisis, the need to increase the viability of women-owned businesses has never been more urgent. In response…

Even under the best circumstances, leadership transitions can be unsettling for both the organization and the leader. As the National Council of Nonprofits noted, “Whether a transition occurs due to…

Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) strives to create a philanthropic home for girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of color, many of whom have been traditionally excluded from the philanthropy sector.…