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We need more than donations to achieve equality for women in South Asia

6 Bilal Ahmad Pandow 8 March 2019

As the whole world celebrates the International Women’s Day, South Asian countries are still marred with gender inequalities. The region is still engaged in child marriages with one in two girls married before 18 years …


BT and British Asian Trust launch digital tech project to empower young girls in India

Alliance magazine 8 March 2019

British Telecommunications (BT) and the British Asian Trust announced a three-year programme to empower India’s youth, specifically adolescent girls. The programme aims to maximise the available opportunities for young girls between the ages of 10 …


Women are leading a new wave of philanthropy across Latin America

Florencia Roitstein 8 March 2019

We’re in a very critical moment in our region’s history. Women feel, more than ever before, motivated to share their stories about the role of philanthropy in activism, which has been difficult to talk about. …

New Latin American award on women and philanthropy

Alliance magazine 1 March 2019

ELLAS-Women and Philanthropy has launched a new initiative to identify and increase the visibility of the role of women in community philanthropy across Latin America and in the Latino communities in the United States. With …

We need to work together to achieve gender equality

Yann Borgstedt 21 February 2019

Let’s take a moment and imagine that the global fight for women’s equality is taking place in a single corporate office. It’s a standard space, outfitted with neat groups of high-walled cubicles. Occasionally, someone might …

Prince Charles announces $100 million fund for empowering women in South Asia

Alliance magazine 14 February 2019

The Prince of Wales announced the launch of a $100m Outcomes Fund for women and girls across South Asia and its ambition to raise this fund over the next five years. The fund will support …

The importance of mentorship: women who have led me

3 Karen DeTemple 25 November 2018

Mentors are, and will continue to be, a powerful network that have supported me as I have built my fundraising career. They have also been invaluable to growing The Art of Change. Throughout my career …