Next gen donors, a girl’s battle at home, and contraceptive prowess. This is your Spark News Digest.
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PHILANTHROPY: Next Generation Donors And Their Plan For Greater Impact
Next generation donors, Gen Xers and Millennials are shaking up the state of philanthropy. A new report on our understudied generation states that next generation donors “perceive their parents and grandparents as driven by obligation, recognition, and tradition, [and] they see themselves as driven by strategy and impact.” Once criticized for being cynical and entitled, next generation donors are proving their worth by pushing philanthropic strategy to be more effective.
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INTERNATIONAL: Girl Soldiers Face Tougher Battle On Return To Civilian Life
40% of child soldiers around the world are girls, and while programs are in place to help soldiers reintegrate into society, these programs are not addressing the needs of girl soldiers. This articles discusses the alarmingly low enrollment rate of girls into disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) programs.
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EDUCATION: Women – The World’s Best Investment
Who runs the world…GIRLS! Although research links the success of women with increased GDP, women in developing nations face limited access to education and economic advancement. Programs’s like Gap Inc.’s P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement) help narrow this gap by teaching women factory workers in developing countries technical and life skills.
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INTERNATIONAL: Justice Is Blind, But Not In The Case of Gender Violence
Famous South African paralympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder of his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day. Similar to the gang-rape in India, this case has rightly attracted massive public attention and may be a catalyst for fighting violence against women in South Africa.
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GLOBAL: Sexularism and The Female Body
Should there be compromises in contraceptive governess? In her opinion piece, feminine theorist, Zillah Eisentein discusses the blurred lines between public and private; political and religion; church and state; and secular and religious divides and what we can do as a worldwide community to stand for a women’s rights to her own body.
Spark: Igniting Global Change 