Human Services

Boosting women’s economic empowerment is key to achieving gender equality, but pervasive social norms and discrimination continue to keep women from thriving in the workforce. Women are less likely to work than men and…

Instead of treating education like a silver bullet, a supply-side job creation strategy should be at the heart of youth unemployment programs.

When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true both when managers are biased against them and when they’re biased in their favor, according to a…

S M Sehgal Foundation was founded in 1999 by visionary entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Dr. Suri Sehgal and his wife Edda Sehgal. The foundation promotes sustainable rural development that respects human…

For Mebrhit Hailay, a 28-year-old resident of Shire, Tigray, providing at least one meal a day for her three children had proved to be the exception, not the norm. A BBC…

Feeding others and combating hunger is one of the most deeply entrenched traditions in the Arab Peninsula from pre-Islamic times.Quranic verses and Islamic teachers later reaffirmed this practice, and it is now considered among ……

Police officers on patrol spend more time in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, a new study shows.

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It is devastating to hear about new and ongoing humanitarian disasters and conflicts in the news—to see images of destroyed buildings, displaced children, and refugee camps that lack basic needs.…

Every year from Nov. 25, which marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, an annual campaign against gender-based violence kicks off for 16 days. These 16…

My family’s history is deeply shaped by our nation’s history of discriminatory housing policies. I’ve written about my grandfather’s story and about how redlining affected my family. But I never fully explored…

Half of all Haitians are going hungry. Farmer organizations and NGOs are calling for more investment to support food sovereignty for Haiti.