Human Rights
Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico
The best starting point for creative solutions to gender inequity is seeing clearly where and why it exists.
The best starting point for creative solutions to gender inequity is seeing clearly where and why it exists.
Young people, especially ones from LGBTQ+ communities, are essential to achieving social change. Examples from Colombia show how to include them in decision-making.
Native Bound Unbound is digitally documenting the long-overlooked history of enslaved Indigenous people throughout the Americas.
Mental health is an essential intervention to address violence and trauma at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels.
Carbon offset programs enable affluent states and corporations to greenwash and pose serious threats to Indigenous peoples’ rights. Consider the case of the LEAF Coalition’s partnership with Ecuador.
As the third sector in Nicaragua comes under increasing government attacks, a founder had to make one of the most difficult choices.
Mexico’s Pixza began as a social inclusion vehicle for homeless adults through a pizza business. Its evolution demonstrates how social entrepreneurs can leverage purpose to sustain organizations through a crisis and to reengineer business models to foster greater impact.
Glasswing International teaches Latin American communities to understand and recover from the impacts of trauma induced by chronic and acute violence.
Vega Coffee lifts up struggling coffee growers in Latin America by enabling them to roast, package, and ship their own beans directly to US customers—and reinvents the supply chain in the process.
The massive growth of commercial franchises like McDonald’s offers inspiration for scaling social impact. Although still very young, social sector franchising is spawning an array of successful enterprises that offer lessons for further expansion.