Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

The knowledge, skill, and compassion of the health care community can help stop modern slavery.

One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.

To combat violence against women, mobilize feminist groups.

Markets can promote economic development, as long as they are inclusive.

Free2Work is a mobile app that allows shoppers to scan a product for information on human rights and other issues.

DKT International, founded by one of the largest erotica distributors in the United States, provides contraceptives to approximately 50 million people a year in the developing world.

Change.org, a five-year-old San Francisco-based startup, has emerged as one of the leading platforms for online activism.

Did American women actually invent social entrepreneurship?

Ushahidi develops free software that allows volunteers to map humanitarian crises from their mobile phones.

New research finds that some companies are increasingly pro-diversity and others lag well behind.

A case study on how the Human Rights Campaign successfully used online cause marketing.

Lessons for entrepreneurs abound in the new biography on Molly Melching’s work.

We can improve healthcare outcomes by reducing gender inequality.

As Obama addresses the most diverse Congress in history, a look at the state of diversity in the union of philanthropy.

Conservative, morality-based views on abortion clash with global health and development in Latin America.

A look at policy reform in Argentina and implications for the United States.

Solving our global water and sanitation issues in a post-2015 world requires more than simply counting beneficiaries.

Why climate adaptation matters, and five powerful pathways for funders to fuel change.

Political advocacy, humanitarian intervention, and the “manageable problem.”

The connection between environmental quality and the predicament of disadvantaged populations is coming into ever-sharper relief.