Return on Equality: Investment Opportunities that Help Close the Global Gender Gap
The potential economic and development gains from gender equality are vast and well-documented — and yet they are currently being bypassed.
BNY Mellon, Ashoka Reveal 37 Social Innovators Driving Financial Wellbeing
As part of the nationwide Unlocking ₵hange Challenge, Ashoka and BNY Mellon have been searching the United States for innovations that actively increase financial wellbeing for the communities and individuals who need it most. The goal of the competition is to uncover and identify ideas, programs...
BNY Mellon, Ashoka Name Finalists of the Unlocking ₵hange Challenge
As part of the nationwide Unlocking ₵hange Challenge, Ashoka and BNY Mellon have been searching the United States for innovations.
Solidários - O efeito dos bancos comunitários na sociedade
Quando a Ashoka inclui um empreendedor social na sua rede mundial reconhece a capacidade dessa pessoa para produzir mudanças sistêmicas em determinados setores da sociedade com abrangência ao menos nacional. O Encontro Global de Bancos Solidários de Desenvolvimento, que aconteceu na última semana em...
Bigger Than Me: Leaders who look beyond themselves to scale their ideas
What does it take for a leader's vision to reach its maximum potential?
The Unlocking ₵hange Challenge: Shifting Society Towards Financial Wellbeing
BNY Mellon and Ashoka launch challenge to find the most promising social entrepreneurs in the U.S.
Ashoka, BNY Mellon Announce Champions of Financial Wellbeing
Four powerful ideas building financial wellbeing across the United States
Changing the Face of Information in Pakistan
Ashoka fellow Shafqat Munir Ahmad’s organization Journalists for Democracy and Human Rights (JDHR) has educated over 1200 journalist to incorporate social issues into mainstream media. The success of JDHR led Shafqat to create a new initiative this year called the Infochange News and Features...
Ashoka Fellow instrumental in transforming Fed Reserve Policies
An Ashoka US Fellow is transforming the way banks allow people to send and receive remittances in the United States! We received exciting news this week that the United States Federal Reserve Bank is collaborating with the Bank of Mexico and US Fellow Atsumasa Tochisako’s organization, the...
Harnessing StarPower for Social Change
American Idol Runner-Up, Adam Lambert announced last week that he will be partnering with DonorsChoose.org the organization of Ashoka Fellow, Charles Best, for the second time in conjunction with his Glam Nation Tour this year. The program, Glam A Classroom, encourages Adam Lambert fans to donate to...