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Why gender matters to every aid effort (Q&A)
For some aid organizations, gender isn’t just a women’s issue anymore. Sahar Alnouri, Mercy Corps’ Global Gender Advisor, is targeting gender dynamics—the roles men, women, boys and girls play within...
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Q&A with Mercy Corps' Global Gender Advisor
Mercy Corps’ Global Gender Advisor, Sahar Alnouri, speaks to Global Envision about the difference between women's programs and gender programs, how a tsunami can unexpectedly transform sexual politics...
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Quotable: Graca Machel wants women to play a leading role in Africa's growth...
In her keynote address at the second African Women Economic Summit in Lagos last week, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's Minister for Finance, called for the creation of a bank that would cater...
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Afghanistan's superhero: mobile phones fight crime, liberate women and enrich...
As Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications provider, Roshan’s mobile phone service is transforming security, information sharing and entrepreneurship in the world’s second most corrupt country.In...
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Portland hosts the West Coast Premier of "Design With the Other 90%: CITIES"
Of the world’s 7 billion people, 1 billion now live in urban slums. Faced with uncertain land security, limited access to basic services like sanitation and clean water, and crowded living conditions,...
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Tropical Storm Isaac triggers microinsurance payout for small business owners...
Many of the women who will receive insurance payouts earn less than $2 a day selling small wares and staple foods. Photo: Jeremy Barnicle/Mercy CorpsThis article was republished by The Christian...
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Inside microinsurance, a view from Haiti
As Tropical Storm Isaac hit Haiti in late August, all eyes were watching to see whether the country would be overwhelmed by the latest storm. Though the winds and rains didn’t cause widespread damage,...
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Your Walmart bouquet may have been grown by these Kenyan farmers
Flower growers in Kenya have plenty to sell, but no buyers. Meanwhile big-box retailers in the U.S. and UK want more flowers. New research reveals that a middleman connecting them could be profitable...
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Teatime chat with Tazo and Starbucks
Deep in the foothills of Darjeeling. Photo: Mercy Corps It's tasting season for Tazo Tea: Keith Hutjens' favorite time of year. We caught up with Keith, director of Tazo tea procurement, and his...
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Incubating women's businesses in Palestine
This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.In Palestine, entrepreneurs are everywhere, but successful businesses are hard to come by.The economic situation in Palestine is uniquely...
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Hurricane Sandy triggers largest Haiti microinsurance payout to date
The reinsurance company Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (MiCRO) will make a significant payout to the Haitian microfinance institution Fonkoze following Hurricane Sandy. Fonkoze will use...
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Who needs education most? A new data source visualizes it
In the race to be qualified for good jobs the starting line is jagged-some youth start further ahead than others. The best programs use data to smooth the line out. Organizations that create youth...
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Solar Sister: Lighting up livelihoods from one sister to another
A recent CNN article explains how one group in east Africa aims to help women create economic opportunities and eradicate energy poverty at the same time through commission-based sales of solar...
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Sun queens: Barefoot College women turn on the lights in off-grid villages
“Train a grandmother, change the world”—so says Barefoot College’s motto. This school says nobody's better suited to bring solar power to the rural poor.Last year, the New York Times reported on the...
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Swept under the rug: The terrifying, abusive and booming industry of domestic...
Image: Adama’s leg is deeply scarred, a reminder of her job as a housekeeper in Kuwait. She left Sierra Leone to find a well-paying job and instead discovered the abusive world of indentured domestic...
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