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Jan 23 2020

Press Releases

Mastercard and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce data.org: A Platform for Data Science Partnerships

$10 Million Challenge Launched to Help Crowdsource Solutions to Social Challenges DAVOS, Switzerland, January 23, 2020 - The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation today announced data.org as a …

data.org

FORMER INITIATIVE

Data.org is a platform for partnerships to build the field of data science for social impact

Data Science Global

Jan 16 2020

Perspective

In the Year of Women’s Rights Anniversaries, Now is the Time to Make Foreign Policy Feminist

Mexico became the latest country to launch a distinctly “feminist” foreign policy, an approach to foreign relations aimed at advancing gender equality, promoting peace and combatting the most egregious challenges …

Dec 10 2019

Perspective

Unlocking the Power of Open Source for Government

Digital goods — a video, a song, a book, a network configuration, etc. — can be duplicated an unlimited number of times at near-zero marginal cost. This is what economists …

Dec 03 2019

Perspective

Taking a Human Rights Approach to AI Governance

In response to concern about the impact of AI on society companies and civil society organizations have raced to write ethical frameworks to guide the development and use of these …

Dec 03 2019

Perspective

GivingTuesday Goes Global

December 3rd 2019 is the eighth GivingTuesday, the annual day of celebrating generosity of all sorts, from donating money to volunteering. In its first seven years, GivingTuesday has inspired millions …

Nov 27 2019

Perspective

Transforming Women’s Health Will Take Heightened Awareness and 21st Century Innovation

Last month, I had the opportunity to join a passionate panel of advocates and experts at the inaugural TIME 100 Health Summit, to discuss both the strategy and urgency needed …

Nov 21 2019

Press Releases

The Rockefeller Foundation Appoints Two Esteemed Leaders to Board of Trustees

Dr. Agnes Binagwaho is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda, an initiative of Partners In Health Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sahel …

Nov 07 2019

Perspective

To Scale Data Science for Refugee Integration, Partnerships are Key

Around the world, wherever governments have received rising numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, policymakers have wrestled with how to successfully integrate newcomers into host societies. There’s …

Food System Vision Prize

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An invitation to envision regenerative and nourishing food futures for 2050

Food Global

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