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Health of the Nonprofit Sector: The Latest Data

NonProfit Quarterly

The nonprofit sector continues to see greater educational attainment levels among its workforce than “any other sector,” the report notes. Public Policy and Advocacy Among the more striking observations offered by the report is a comparison of lobbying and advocacy efforts by nonprofits between 2000 and 2022.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education. Some women offered specific recommendations for supportive services, such as talks on sexual education and violence prevention for young people. The pandemic increased caregiving demands among women, underscoring gender inequity.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Indeed, one of the most pernicious expressions of structural racism in Brazilian society is workplace inequity. Despite improved educational opportunities and widespread efforts to broaden diversity and inclusion, workplace inequities persist. And while unemployment plagues 11.3 Wages reflect the same disparity.

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Lessons From the Failures of Covax

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In retrospect, we can see with a borderless threat like COVID-19, collaboration was stymied across and within countries: Lacking clearly defined and owned targets, country responses often failed to meaningfully engage civil society.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Philadelphia, PA/ $410. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250. Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Washington, DC / $695. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2018 / @NPL_Alliance. Nonprofit Management. Jan 25 - 27.

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Building Infrastructure to Support Equity: A Conversation with Dr. Akilah Watkins

NonProfit Quarterly

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. We were getting calls from other sectors: education called us, arts called us, philanthropy called us. We don’t have a CEO Circle.

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Why Voting Rights Should Matter to Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

I was slightly scared, but I stepped up to assume my responsibility as a productive member of a civilized society. We should be providing the communities we serve access to, education about , and motivation for voting. You can’t do public policy work in a silo. Join Momentum’s Public Policy Action Network.