The first European Economic and Social Committee "opinion" entirely dedicated to philanthropy comes at a crucial time, writes Forrest, and is likely to set the tone for philanthropy-related debates under the new mandate of the European Parliament and Commission....

Hart, director of the Global Philanthropy Project, shares details of a funders' collaborative that is mobilizing grantmaker support for LGBTI rights advocates and communities facing hostility....

Economic rights need to take center stage, writes Ibezim-Ohaeri, before civil and political rights actually mean something for the millions of people globally living in deep poverty....

Based on the experience of the Wallace Global Fund, the foundation she directs, Dorsey offers six simple things foundations can fo to create a better, more sustainable and responsible investment portfolio....

Peace-building is sensitive work, writes Lyons, and approaches to assessing it, as the Rockefeller Brothers Fund is learning, need to be equally sensitive....

Working in the field of peace and conflict resolution involves a particular set of demands, write Bradford, Lyons, and Sansur. Funders need to be aware and willing to meet them....

Policy makers and philanthropists often take a color-blind approach to education, calling for policies they believe will support "all" children, writes Raikes. But suggesting that all children have the same shot at opportunity is not borne out by the facts....

The large, complex problems of our times are deeply interwoven with today's global political economy, write Shaffer and Troll, and that is the "system" that systems change philanthropy needs to address....

To respond effectively to the forces that create systems change, argues Lemma, funders have to be willing to change themselves....

Increasingly, wealthy Russians are giving to charity, but their choice, writes Schimpfössl, is often informed by political and social expediency....

Foundations and high-net-worth individuals on the continent increasingly are willing to join forces with government to advance policy improvements, Julien argues....

Philanthropy helps the Royal House in Denmark maintain a relationship between monarch and people in the age of democracy, writes Thomsen....

As wealth and power is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, writes Behar, philanthropy cannot continue to fight symptoms while ignoring structural questions of poverty, injustice, and indignity....

British Muslim philanthropy is founded on both a robust charity infrastructure and on strong Islamic values, writes Aziz, and it's the job of Muslim philanthropy to carry forward these values and transform the general Muslim practice of charitable giving into a long-term, sustainable program....

On the eve of the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists' Global Donors Forum in London, Sola, a co-founder of the Academy of Philanthropy, urges Muslim philanthropists to aim high and dream big....

The digital space is the infrastructure we all depend on, writes Bernholz. But for civil society to secure its freedom of thought and action is a major challenge....

The global philanthropy sector's information infrastructure is wholly inadequate, argues Keystone Accountability's Bonbright. But it doesn't have to be that way....

Philanthropy support organizations have a vital role in ensuring that disruptive technology leads to change for the better, argues Rhodri Davies, head of policy at the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation....