5 B Corp Innovative Hiring Practices Changing Lives
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. Innovative Hiring Practices Expand Local Economies and Create Career Opportunities As the global population shifts to become older and more diverse,
Taking Large and Small Steps: Galileo Continues Inclusion Journey While Sharing Lessons Along the Way
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. B Corp Finds that True Change Often Goes Beyond the Numbers Through its innovative approach to summer camp, Galileo encourages young campers to envision
We the Change, Women Together Envision a Better Earth Through Better Business
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. B Corp Women CEOs Build on Collective Power It's the morning after the Oscars and I did it again. Despite all
Purpose-Driven, Planet-Minded: How to Lead in the 21st Century
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. “Assume people are doing their best with the information they have available.” That principle — assuming positive intent — is among the key elements of
Divide and rule: America’s biggest social issue
The first months after the 2016 election results were the hardest. Falling victim to having to pick a side was like drinking a poison that induced anger, anxiety, and doubts. You were either black or white, gay or straight, American
Women and Peacebuilding: The Key to Achieving SDG 5 in Afghanistan
The Linkages Between Sustainable Development Goal 5 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 In order to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls by 2030 pursuant to Sustainable Development Goal Five (SDG 5), the specific circumstances of
Empowering Women to Power the World
Nepal is on the UN’s list of least developed countries because it faces a number of challenges in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Empower Generation (EG), a social enterprise, is working to address SDG 5 (gender inequality),
The Significance of United Nations Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls are some of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals that we need to achieve a more equitable world. Women and girls suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world,
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?
Op-Ed: Will We Ever See a Change?
Editor's note: The following is an opinion piece on the state of equality in India. Is the basic essence of a woman’s life — marriage? Is the basic asset of feminism — beauty and charm? A broad consensus would say, “No,
CoderDojo: An Interview with Bill Liao
CoderDojo is just one of the many inspiring, but vital projects, philanthropist, Bill Liao has spearheaded over his expansive career and each one exists to provide solutions to significant problems that face the modern world. The large scale sustainable reforestation
Women Worldwide Assert Their Power through Necessity
I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves. ― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Recently, the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights addressed students at the American University of Cairo: Women ruled over many