Human Rights
Searching for Gender Equality
To combat violence against women, mobilize feminist groups.
Tag: Democracy
Civil Society
Follow the Money
MapLight, a nonprofit that crunches data to determine the influence of money in politics, aims to make government more accountable.
Government
Citizen as Designer
By shifting the responsibility of the citizen from deciding to designing, we can redirect resources away from conflict and toward creating better ideas.
Podcast
Global Issues
Promoting Civic Engagement and Voting
Organizations are finding that subtle changes in language make a difference in how people vote.
Technology & Design
Nonprofits in the Age of the “New Citizen”
Good intentions abound in the civic and social technology movement—why are so few nonprofits participating?
Impact Investing
ReCoding Good: Part 8
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Technology & Design
The New Internet Public
Social networks are bringing new voices to the table and forcing political change in ways previously impossible—a report from the Personal Democracy Forum.
Podcast
Global Issues
The Civic Impact of Youth Volunteerism
McAdam reviews two follow-up studies of youth activists, and assesses the experiences and their long-term effects on volunteers.
Measuring Social Impact
Assessing One’s Own Performance
What the Irvine Foundation has learned over the past six years about performance assessment.
Civic Engagement
Civic Education Through Social Networks
In Kenya, civic education programs reached 4.5 million people in advance of the 2002 election.