Women and Innovation

Ten stories about women’s issues from the SSIR archives 

 From addressing reproductive health to closing the wage gap, women’s issues have been a point of focus for social innovators looking to create lasting change. In honor of upcoming International Women’s Day, we dug up 10 articles and blog posts from Stanford Social Innovation Review archives with breakthrough ideas, and new perspectives on women and gender.

Introducing The New White House Social Innovation Director

Posted on WhiteHouse.Gov by Cecilia Muñoz on March 03, 2015 at 04:36 PM EDT

I am delighted to announce that Dave Wilkinson will step forward to serve as the new Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. Under Dave’s leadership, the Office will be focused on strengthening communities and enabling upward economic mobility by finding and growing approaches that work best for communities in need.