02.26.2018
Communities Thrive & the Urgency of Fighting Human Trafficking
According to the U.S. State Department, about 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders, every year. Because of systemic issues surrounding poverty, economic instability, mass migration due to famine or […]
02.13.2018
Women’s Empowerment and the 2017 Bhutanese Elections
Editor’s Note: This post was originally posted on Nawang P. Phuntsho’s blog. Nawang is the Development Officer for the Thimphu READ Center. Women’s empowerment is a recent phenomenon in Bhutan. […]
01.10.2018
Ganga and the Power of Female Leadership
Following along with Ganga as she shares her story, one would feel hard pressed to believe she once was so timid, her own mother could barely urge her to speak. For someone […]
12.06.2017
Meet Sunita – Sports, Scholarships, and Choice
For most Nepali women, to even consider wearing shorts is progressive. In our latest video, we see one of our featured READ center members, Sunita (16 years old), sporting her classic […]
05.08.2017
Dining for Women – Helping READ Bhutan Spur Women’s Entrepreneurship
Thanks to a generous $48,000 commitment from Dining for Women, READ Global will be a featured organization during the month of August. As a featured organization, READ Global will have the opportunity […]
04.03.2017
Celebrating our 100th Center!
After ending 2016 with new centers opening in both India and Bhutan, we are thrilled to announce the launch of four more READ Centers in Nepal in the first quarter […]
04.03.2017
Returning to Kumari – Subhadra’s Resilience
Nearly two years after the April 2015 twin earthquakes shook Nepal, Subhadra looks at the plot of land she donated to the villagers of Kumari where the community’s original center […]
03.07.2017
Celebrating Women Change-Makers in Rural Asia
On International Women’s Day 2017, READ stands committed to working towards gender parity and making women’s work visible at all levels of development. Working in South Asia for over 25 […]
09.20.2016
Who We’re Grateful For Today
Since the opening of the very first READ library in 1991, our centers have acted as the ultimate equalizer. They serve as spaces for communities to come together regardless of […]
07.29.2016
Connecting Remote Villagers
In rural Bhutan, disseminating important information has been a challenging task; national newspapers do not always reach rural populations and even when they do, high rates of adult illiteracy mean […]
