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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

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Building an Equitable Future by Centering Young Voices

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Collaborate With Existing Networks at the Local Level This summer, the city of Cartagena announced that it will begin developing a women-centered public policy aimed at addressing the biggest problems women are facing in the city: gender-based violence, poverty, and low political participation.

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Building Union Power to Rein in the AI Boss

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But the algorithm was flawed, failing to account for variables outside teachers’ control, such as poverty or student learning disabilities. The solution to this mess, we believe, lies in the public sector, and in particular, with unions, which have long recognized that when some of us suffer, all of us eventually will.