Impeding the Vote
Last month, I read an article on NPR that explored how voters with disabilities are fighting for more accessible polling places. Many people, all over the country, experience significant challenges voting because of accessibility even though there are laws and
Ending Child Marriage: An Urgent Global Challenge
Gender equality and women´s empowerment are essential to transform our world. Gender inequality affects women and girls in every country, stagnating their social, educational and economic advance. Fighting against gender inequality is vital to deal with challenges in society, from promoting
Unilever Acquires Seventh Generation: What This Means for Sustainable Business
In 2000, Unilever widened it's umbrella of novelty brands and purchased the widely-popular, Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's ice cream. With much domestic speculation over multi-national changes in business practices, Ben & Jerry's remained untouched and continued business as usual. Just
Can Donald Trump Really Afford to Ignore Climate Change?
The vote has been cast, democracy has spoken and Donald Trump is set to be the United States of America’s 49th President. A little hard to believe for some but a momentous occasion for others: the election result has certainly
Unveiling the Rich History of Afghanistan’s Finest Craftsmanship
The exchange of hand-made artisanal goods has been fundamental to trade throughout the course of human history. Legendary rulers exchanged luxurious gifts to secure key alliances and historic trade routes were established to fuel the large-scale exchange of crafts across
Impak Finance: Reinventing the Banking Experience
A wind of change is blowing through Canada -and no, it's not another fancy initiative from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau- as citizens now have the opportunity to become active participants in a new digital collaborative ecosystem. For 100$, people can buy
Eradicating Energy Poverty: WakaWaka is on it
I had the pleasure to speak with Camille Van Gestel, the co-founder and CEO of WakaWaka, a global social enterprise that develops and sells portable solar products. Impakter is familiar with the great work that WakaWaka does, but this time we
Tackling Systemic Racism and Our Biases through Empathy
It is sadly ironic that the U.S. has a race problem when in many ways, we are a conglomerate of cultures, races, and religions. People have been discovering the Americas for over 30,000 years or more: ancient Australians, Africans, Asians, Europeans,
Empowering Women: the Silver Bullet to Achieving the SDGs
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY, HRH PRINCESS LAMIA BINT MAJED ALSAUD, SECRETARY GENERAL ALWALEED PHILANTHROPIES. THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. The key to our development challenges?
Culture and Laws Prevent Social Justice for Women and Girls in North Africa
This past month, outrage flooded social media after a video of Alaa Chebbi, TV host of the popular Tunisian show titled, "Andi Mankolek" (Arabic: عندي ما نقلك) which translates to "I've Got Something to Tell You" had suggested his young