Author: Alexis Smyser

The Goldin Institute believes in the power of communities coming together to build their own solutions and determine their own futures. Key to our achieving our mission is ensuring that voices and perspectives that are often excluded from the discussion—often women—are heard and included. From combatting gender-based violence in Haiti to improving microcredit in Bangladesh,… Continue reading Ending Gender-Based Violence in Haiti

This week we turn our attention to stories that our project work has us personally vested in: the human rights toll of ‘conflict minerals’ in the DRCongo and how best to reintegrate child soldiers into civil society after they have paid the price in the name of these minerals.  Here in Chicago, not far from… Continue reading Conflict Minerals: Impact and Hope