Global Issues
The Gift of Time
Careful product design enabled Days for Girls to create a solution that empowers its users at a critical stage of their lives. Includes magazine extras.
Human Rights - Most Popular
Innovative policies and programs that advance the rights of individuals and communities (more)
European Dreamin’
Thousands of Africans attempt to reach European soil by scaling fences surrounding Spanish cities.
Big and Fast Is Not Better
Building relationships with grassroots organizations that advocate for human rights-based development takes time, but without investing in them, philanthropy is likely to stumble. The case of Haiti is instructive.
The Missing Link in Girls’ Education
Building resilience can improve girls’ health and education faster and more effectively, but it’s a missing component of nearly all global development efforts to improve girls’ outcomes.
Toward a Bolder Philanthropy
Philanthropists must support big, difficult, and politically sensitive issues that government, nonprofits, multilateral organizations, and other actors are unable or unwilling to address.
21st-Century Refugee Protection
Today’s 60 million displaced people have a basic need beyond food, water, and shelter: legal representation.
What Holds Women Back?
In the nonprofit sector, occupational segregation can adversely affect women’s chances of moving into managerial positions.
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Winning Marriage
The inside story of how same-sex couples took on the politicians and pundits - and won.