In April of this year, the Oxford Business group released its “Agriculture in Africa 2021: Focus Report”. This report outlines the region’s export potential and food security challenges in the…
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The Gender Centre of Excellence (GCE) at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is a strategic resource centre that provides transformative solutions for unbanked or underbanked populations, particularly low-income women. In this Q&A, Loise…
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Click here for more.As we end Women’s History Month, it’s important to remember that we have an opportunity on a daily basis to honor the many generations of trailblazing women who have helped shape our…
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One evening several years ago, I was walking down the main street of a rural community in Uttar Pradesh, India. Everywhere I looked, there was a buzz of activity: neighbors…
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UNFPA is sounding the alarm on a human rights crisis that has ramifications for women, societies, and the world in light of its 2022 State of World Population report, Seeing the…
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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego faced many challenges when deciding whether to run for office, including her gender. Prior to being elected in 2019, the now first-term mayor had just given birth and…
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The Urban Institute collaborated with the National Birth Equity Collaborative, a national nonprofit organization that creates solutions that optimize Black maternal and infant health, to produce a research brief that…
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We know that the impacts of the climate crisis are not being distributed equally. Whether you’re looking at New Orleans or Nigeria, women — and especially women of color —…
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Women are more likely to lead local governments in small, rural communities than in more urbanized areas, Nathan Lee reports for local-government research outfit CivicPulse. Nevertheless, fewer than one-third of local governments with…
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Click here for more.In schools, it’s not uncommon to look around any given staff meeting and find a plurality of women. Education is one of the largest occupational fields in the country, with…
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Public policy development can sometimes be an exercise in detachment and data-driven dispassion. To those at the margins of public sector power in such instances, it seems that the rules,…
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In early 2021, St. David’s Foundation awarded $1.8 million to 12 projects supporting programs aimed at reducing maternal mortality, improving mental health, facilitating health insurance coverage, advancing access to family…