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One in Five Nonprofit Workers Can’t Afford Basic Expenses

NonProfit Quarterly

We do think that anybody that dedicates their life in civil society should be able to take care of their monthly financial needs… Twenty-two percent of 13.9 If we were only using the federal poverty level…we would only see 5 percent of [nonprofit] workers struggling,” Hoopes tells NPQ.

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How Water.org Adapted Their Social Media Content Strategy in Response to COVID-19

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They also worked with the organization’s leadership to craft articles on how Water.org and its partners work to empower people in poverty with safe water to protect and save lives. 3) Social media content highlighted the actions of Water.org to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Democracy in Peril: In South Africa, Will Philanthropy Back Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

These laws, purportedly designed as a check on foreign interference, limit civil society organizations and restrict democratic practice by cutting off funding from foundations to movement organizations. percent of the country’s 63 million people living in poverty, gross domestic product growth that slowed to 0.6

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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

” Before the cooperative, women were selling pineapples at a much lower price and were stuck in a cycle of poverty. Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. The name literally translates to “lift one another up.”

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“How Do We Break Out of Pity?”: Reframing Children as Philanthropic Citizens

NonProfit Quarterly

Where their own pupils are directly affected by racism or poverty, teachers might feel its safer to avoid discussing them, said Body. In such cases, there is understandably less space to focus on social action or critical debate.

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Building an Equitable Future by Centering Young Voices

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Without their voice and leadership, any efforts at peace, reparation, and reconciliation will be incomplete. People with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions have been disproportionately affected by the conflict.