This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From July 6 to 15, countries will report on their SDG progress at the UN Economic and Social Council’s annual High-Level Political Forum. As COVID-19 continues to rage around the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, people are experiencing an unprecedented triple threat. The compounding impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflict have exacerbated underlying inequities, driving vulnerable communities further into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Regarding financial security, 22 percent of respondents reported they were “just getting by,” and 12 percent found it “difficult” or “very difficult” to manage financially. Whites were more than twice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The long-term horizon of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) poses a challenge to any elected government since their achievement depends on sustained efforts across multiple election cycles. While municipal governments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When hiring employees, a business is usually hoping for a good match, an added skillset, and mission alignment. Unconscious bias often means most new candidates resemble the team already in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world’s 7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year for #16DaysofActivism, we ran a social media campaign highlighting some often-ignored aspects of gender-based violence. On India’s declining female workforce participation “There is a double burden of work–outside work and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The San Pablo Avenue Corridor extends about a mile north of downtown Oakland, California. Like many other low-income neighborhoods and communities of color across the United States—including Detroit, Minneapolis, and…
In this episode we talk to Jo Kerr and Sonya Ruparel, from UK charity Turn2Us, about poverty, participation and the impact of the pandemic. Including: Impact of Covid Pandemic How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, the Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care (CoC) was given the designation of achieving an “Effective End to Veteran Homelessness” from the United States Interagency Council on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Child labour has increased to 160 million – the first rise in two decades – and that number could swell by millions more because of the effects of the coronavirus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The National Alliance to End Homelessness is pleased to report that veteran homelessness went down 2.1 percent between 2018 and 2019 (based on data collected at a point-in-time in January…