Philanthropy Together is a global nonprofit initiative that has reached hundreds of thousands of individuals through its work to diversify and democratize philanthropy through the power of collective giving. Its vision is to create a world filled with passionate and empowered people who collectively want to generate change. The project was co-created with more than [...more...]
The year was 2002. The country, Bolivia. A 15-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by her relative over the course of many months. Courageously, she took legal action against her rapist. But she, like countless other [...more...]
Trailblazers
Kara Nortman, a venture capitalist and tech executive, is currently the co-founder and managing partner of Monarch Collective, a sports […more…]
Born to a poor family in Western Province, Rwanda, the country’s most conservative province, Jean Berchmans Uwimana was attending medical […more…]
Hali Lee has founded or co-founded multiple philanthropy and giving networks, all born from the idea that expanding the notion […more…]
Our World
Please see below our March GLW Survey results:
As temperatures rise around the world, one thing is clear: Women are paying an outsized price. The United Nations estimates […more…]
A crumbling sea-worn headstone, half-submerged in dark sand: This is all that’s left of a burial site in Togoru, Fiji. […more…]
Our Solidarity
In 1990, Tony Porter was director of a substance use program in a hospital north of New York City. There, […more…]
Next Gen Men has hope for the future of masculinity. Their four founding values – curiosity, equity, courage, and empathy […more…]
Brian Anderson, a social worker and educator learning about sexual and domestic violence, started to explore issues surrounding men and […more…]
Our Security
Every time Mayra, 34, talks about her financial struggles, her eyes well up with tears. “‘Do not give up. You […more…]
Kavita Ramdas is a globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice, at home in academia, the corporate boardroom, and […more…]
It wasn’t all that long ago here in the United States, when women were not allowed to own property, open […more…]
Our Safety
Hali Lee has founded or co-founded multiple philanthropy and giving networks, all born from the idea that expanding the notion […more…]
The year was 2002. The country, Bolivia. A 15-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by her relative over the course of […more…]
Nicole Matthews was 19 years old when her then-partner tried to kill them both. Believing falsely that she’d been cheating, […more…]
Our Minds
When her son came out to her as transgender 11 years ago, Roz Gould Keith had never heard that term. […more…]
Victoria Shorr still remembers the eagle that soared over her students on the opening day of the academy she co-founded […more…]
Too many preteen girls have the same worrisome rite of passage. Their confidence plummets. They suffer from negative body image. […more…]
Our Leadership
One of the largest and most impactful private foundations in the United States, the Annenberg Foundation, has led the charge […more…]
It’s been more than 20 years since Joanne N. Smith founded Girls for Gender Equity (GGE), a nonprofit that works […more…]
More than 42 years ago, the intersecting ideas that representation matters and there is strength in numbers sparked nine women […more…]
Our Democracy
Today, women hold less than one-third of elected offices in the U.S. at both the federal and state levels. What […more…]
Are you furious that the extremist Supreme Court is rolling back the rights of women and girls, pregnant people, and […more…]
In January 2021, the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman delivered her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the […more…]
Our Culture
In virtually all areas of arts and culture, women and girls are underrepresented – and it’s not because they don’t […more…]
Picture this: a shy girl, 10 years old, hangs back in the classroom and on the playground. A few years […more…]
If you can’t get a seat at the table, says Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) Founding Executive […more…]
Our Careers
In a small community in Georgetown, Guyana, locals flocked to Radhika Basdeo’s family farm to get their fresh produce. Then […more…]
What part can I play in the climate fight? To answer this question, the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who […more…]
Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky never imagined their stories of sexual harassment in the workplace would launch a wave of […more…]
Our Bodies
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding legal protections of Roe v. Wade, which ensured the federal right […more…]
In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most […more…]
They say a heart-driven approach to leadership can change the world. If this is true, Jennifer Risher is on her […more…]
Impact Partners
When Katie Marquart joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a young lawyer, she knew about the firm’s prowess in […more…]
Champion Partners
Grassroots and Grasstops Even among nonprofit giants, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a behemoth. With an $8.6 billion […more…]
Jeannie Infante Sager, director of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) situated within the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, […more…]
While he was raised in Southeast Los Angeles County by Mexican immigrant parents, Miguel Santana’s life was mostly driven by […more…]