This Job May Have Saved Her Life: Jamuna from Upaya Social Ventures

This Job May Have Saved Her Life: Jamuna from Upaya Social Ventures

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Editor’s note: Five years in, our partner Upaya Social Ventures relentlessly proves the power of a job. Our video series on the work of our partners continues. Tune in next time to meet an innovative bilingual school that brings Israeli and Palestinian children...Read more
What it Means to be a Girl in Malawi: Lessenia’s Story

What it Means to be a Girl in Malawi: Lessenia’s Story

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Editor’s note: A young woman who made it through school and into college for economics, shares her view on the gender power imbalance that prevails from birth in Malawi. This piece, by AGE Africa alumna Lessenia Chikho, who’s now studying economics at the...Read more
Closing the Gender Gap in Africa’s Fastest Growing Sectors: Akilah Institute

Closing the Gender Gap in Africa’s Fastest Growing Sectors: Akilah Institute

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Editor’s Note: Akilah Institute provides education and training for young East African women and equips graduates with the skills and experience necessary to be successful professionals in the region’s fastest growing sectors: information technology, entrepreneurship,...Read more
Transforming Trauma into Teaching: Young Mother and Former Patient Becomes Field Educator

Transforming Trauma into Teaching: Young Mother and Former Patient Becomes Field Educator

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Editor’s note: When Gardens for Health International launched their first garden/nutrition training program for parents of malnourished children in 2011, they began with 122 families. This year, they’re serving 2,160 families in 18 health centers across Rwanda....Read more
The Rise of Gender Capitalism: Investing for the Good of All

The Rise of Gender Capitalism: Investing for the Good of All

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Editor’s note: The Skees Family Foundation’s mission is to extend opportunity for all, primarily in education and enterprise, to end poverty worldwide. We mean opportunity for ALL: women, men, children, and everyone in-between. However, we found this...Read more