From classrooms to careers, a global volunteer movement is helping women and girls overcome obstacles and rewrite their futures Across the globe, women and girls continue to face barriers that limit their access to education, training, and economic opportunity, with poverty, violence, discrimination, and lack of resources among them. Stepping into this gap with purpose […]
Efforts to save and enhance biodiversity work better when local communities are involved. That is the conclusion of research undertaken in 2021 by 17 scientists on “The role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in effective and equitable conservation,” published in the journal Ecology & Society. “Involving IPLCs [Indigenous peoples and local communities] is perceived […]
John ‘Jody’ Kretzmann and John McKnight are the directors of Assets Based Community Development Institute (ABCD Institute) at Northwestern University in the US. ABCD mobilizes struggling communities using resources already at hand and shows them how to work toward positive change. “Challenging the traditional approach to solving urban problems, which focuses service providers and funding agencies on the […]
