Our Girls: Advocating Equal Education in their Own Way
Women’s rights activists around the world have found a new poster child, literally, in 2014 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Malala Yousafzai. Famous for having been shot by members of the Taliban becau ...
Profugo’s Women of the Future
Profugo has been lucky to have a team of very active and involved student interns. Most impressively, all of our interns are women. These young women couple their schoolwork with professional work in ...
The Quantifiable Analysis of Progress in Gender Equality
In the struggle towards securing Women’s rights and gender equality, the term progress is often strewn throughout the pages of articles and media sites, with no real evidence or data. How do we de ...
Going Beyond the Numbers: Progress in Prashanthagiri!
In the development world, there are tons of metrics by which to assess growth – ways to quantify a program’s progress in promoting health and wellness in a community. And who doesn’t love to see these ...
We Are On the Right Track! Lessons learned from the Ebola Outbreak
I have been a supporter of Profugo for many years, but have recently made a decision to become more active in my support. I am a physician assistant by profession, but my true passion is social ju ...