This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cheryl Dorsey has served as president of Echoing Green since 2002, after having received an Echoing Green Fellowship a decade earlier to help launch the Family Van, a community-based mobile health unit in…
Fawzia Koofi began her political career after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Her focus: promoting girls’ rights to education and protecting children from violence, exploitation and abuse. She…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When most people hear the term “gender pay gap,” they automatically think of the difference in pay between women and men doing the same or similar jobs, whether in low…
The Taliban has seized control and fears for the women of Afghanistan are rising. In recent years, women have been assassinated across the country, targeted by those who believe they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You successfully led Liberia through the Ebola epidemic from 2014 to 2016 — helping stop the disease within your country and preventing its spread beyond West Africa. What advice do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Awelcome development as the labor market has continued to recover since spring 2020 has been a narrowing of the gaps in unemployment rates between Black and Hispanic men and white…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Globally, women and girls are increasingly being infected and affected by HIV, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Women and girl’s vulnerability to HIV and its impact are inextricably linked to gender…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People across America are using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a road map to recover better by turning these global ambitions into local action. In Los Angeles, that means analyzing better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our world is in crisis. There are more intersecting crises in the world today than we have ever witnessed. The rise of authoritarian, extremist, and fundamentalist governments has increased, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Colleagues and I recently conducted a qualitative survey of poor women in Jordan to further the understanding of justice as a dimension of poverty. These women had experienced legal problems involving…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Greater Washington Community Foundation and its partners gave direct cash transfers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Urban Institute unpacks how it worked. • Are direct cash transfers the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to India’s National Sample Survey, as of date, more than 32 million children have never been to school. Nearly 80% of migrant children across seven Indian cities lack access…