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Here’s what’s been happening in the field of Education this month. We encourage you to click on the associated links to learn more!
The compounding negative effects on girls’ education during COVID-19 are just beginning to be uncovered. UNICEF (article) and THEIR WORLD (video) have documented this situation with sickening clarity. The GIRLS’ EDUCATION ROADMAP and THEIR WORLD offer resources...
It’s that time of year again—movie awards season—and 2021 has brought historic achievements for women.
Females dominated the Golden Globe Best Director category for the first time with three female nominees. One Night in Miami director Regina King became only the second African-American female and Nomadland director Chloe Zhao the first Asian American woman to receive the...
The march toward equal rights for women can often seem to be a process of one step forward and two steps back. Glimpses of progress – the global awareness-raising of harassment and assault in the workplace spurred by the #metoo campaign – can often be accompanied by unintended and unforeseen backlash – an expectation...
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, the need for global norms, standards and benchmarks as to how nation-states should behave toward their own citizens has been well documented in human rights legislation, but it is now vitally important for each citizen to understand their own role and...
Anyone who cares about the environment is surely aghast at images of overflowing landfills, refuse- blocked streams and rivers, and the great garbage patches in the oceans. Each one of us has the responsibility to reduce our waste, and thereby our consumption, to as close to zero as possible. We are among the ones who have the...