Women and the Future of Work
The strategies companies and policy makers are designing to address the changing nature of work need to include a gender lens if they are to help foster the economic empowerment of women.
Human Rights - Most Popular
Innovative policies and programs that advance the rights of individuals and communities (more)
Three Cheers for Regulation
During the Industrial Revolution, labor organizations, social movements, the media, and government came together to rein in big business, providing lessons on how to regulate firms of today like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, writes SSIR's editor-in-chief in an introduction to the Summer 2019 issue.
New Alliances for Human Rights
PROVEA is spreading the word about Venezuela’s political and economic crisis while building alliances in neighboring countries. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.
Queer Activism Goes Online
Astraea’s CommsLabs program combines indigenous knowledge, technology, and healing practices to power the next wave of LGBTQI organizing. From the Summer 2019 issue.
Streamlining Emergency Access
Safe Shelter Collaborative dramatically reduces the time that survivors of domestic violence and sex trafficking have to wait to secure safe accommodation. A Field Report from the Summer 2019 issue.
Review
The Complicated Revolution
Sociologist Jen Schradie reveals how digital activism empowers defenders of the status quo.
The Pathology of Tradition
Women’s rights and human rights organizations take aim at the tradition of "menstrual exile" through creating broad access to scientific knowledge that destigmatizes menstruation.
‘Checkbox Diversity’ Must Be Left Behind for DEI Efforts to Succeed
DEI efforts need to account for hegemony, marginalization, and the creation of sustainable shifts in power. This is the second of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Social Innovation Alone Can’t Solve Racial Inequity
Three insights offer organizations opportunities to cultivate durable solutions to the underlying causes of racial inequity. This is the first of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
IN-DEPTH SERIES
Breaking Through Barriers to Racial Equity
This series challenges current DEI ideas and practices with fresh perspectives on how to transform equity-driven work through an explicit focus on race and combating racism.