Tag: Women & Girls
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Civic Engagement
Campaign Bootcamp 2.0
In Campaign Bootcamp 2.0, Christine Pelosi examines the challenges women face when running for office—and how to overcome them.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers of Social Change: Part 2
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Health
Better Health Care, Higher Productivity
By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.
Review
Human Rights
Walk With Makmende: Part 2
From the Field Series: A living case study of Makmende, which provides women in Nairobi with coordinated walking groups.
Global Issues
Marcia: A Global Citizen Year Story
A portrait of woman facing poverty and injustice in the developing world.
Microfinance
Following India’s Microfinance Crisis, A Shift to Male Clients
The 2010 Andhra Pradesh microfinance crisis may cause MFIs to shift away from a majority female client base to a more gender-balanced portfolio.
Arts & Culture
Social or Cultural Entrepreneurship: An Argument for a New Distinction
A look at the difference between cultural and social entrepreneurship.
Human Rights
Diversity Opportunities
New research finds that some companies are increasingly pro-diversity and others lag well behind.