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International Literacy Day
September 08, 2025

International Literacy Day reflections

Christabel Pinto, Vice President, Room to Read's Literacy Portfolio

Literacy Interventions at Scale
September 03, 2025

Literacy interventions at scale: Building systems that deliver

Saktibrata Sen, Senior Director of Programming for Room to Read in India

Climate change and gender equality
August 19, 2025

Climate change and gender equality: Why girls’ education is key to climate resilience

Reema Shrestha, Director, Room to Read's Gender Equality Portfolio, South Asia

Why are libraries important to a community
August 06, 2025

Why are libraries important to a community?

Mahesh Pathirathna, Global Literacy Advisor, Room to Read’s Literacy Portfolio

Reading in a digital society
June 06, 2025

Reading in a digital society: Promoting book use around the world

Christabel Pinto, Vice President, Room to Read's Literacy Portfolio

Reflections from three global conferences
May 27, 2025

A renewed sense of responsibility: Reflections from three global conferences

Heather Simpson, Room to Read Chief Program Officer

Girls education in Africa
May 21, 2025

Girls’ education in Africa: The most powerful investment we can make

Zamaradi S. Islahi, Global Director, Room to Read Gender Equality Portfolio

Addressing Linguistic Complexity in India
May 09, 2025

Addressing linguistic complexity in Indian classrooms

Stuti Jain, Manager of Instructional Design and Structural Support

Life skills assessment for boys
April 30, 2025

Measuring life skills among boys in India and Nepal

Dhiraj Anand, Associate Director, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Gender Equality Portfolio

Empowering youth transforming mindsets
April 24, 2025

Empowering youth, transforming mindsets: Lessons from our Life Skills for Equality Project

Abigail Spangler, Associate Director of Room to Read's Girls’ Education Portfolio

From loss to literacy
April 18, 2025
One year in: Insights from Room to Read Climate Justice Clubs
November 04, 2024

One year in: Insights from Room to Read's Climate Justice Clubs

Abigail Spangler, global associate director of Room to Read's Girls’ Education Program

Revising Room to Read's Adolescent Life Skills Assessment
April 30, 2024

Revising Room to Read’s Adolescent Life Skills Assessment (ALSA)

Fernanda Gándara, Director of Research, Monitoring and Reporting, Girls’ Education Portfolio

Life Skills for Today
April 17, 2024

Life skills for today

Abigail Spangler, Associate Director, Room to Read's Girls’ Education Portfolio

Life Skills Curriculum for the 21st Century
February 16, 2024

Life skills curriculum for the 21st century

Abigail Spangler, Associate Director of Room to Read's Girls' Education Portfolio

Measurement Insights from the Life Skills for Equality Project
December 06, 2023

Measurement insights from our Life Skills for Equality Project

Fernanda Gándara, Director of Research, Monitoring and Reporting, Girls’ Education Portfolio

Improving gender equality by reshaping boys’ gender attitudes: Room to Read’s learnings from Cambodia
May 30, 2023

Improving gender equality by reshaping boys’ gender attitudes

Dhiraj Anand, Associate Director of Research, Monitoring and Reporting, Room to Read's Girls’ Education Portfolio

Missing Out: Why Children in the U.S. Need to See Themselves in Books
April 04, 2022

Missing out: Why children in the U.S. need to see themselves in books

Christabel Pinto, Vice President, Room to Read's Literacy Portfolio

Creating an equitable world by closing the gender gap in financial literacy: Room to Read’s adaptation of new methods in educating adolescent girls
April 08, 2021

Creating an equitable world by closing the gender gap in financial literacy

By Reema Shrestha, associate director, Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program

Four Ways to Empower a New Generation of Women Political Leaders, by Lucina Di Meco
October 20, 2020

Four ways to empower a new generation of women political leaders

Lucina Di Meco, Vice President, Gender Equality Portfolio

Making Way for All Voices to be Heard
June 12, 2020

Making way for all voices to be heard

Christabel Pinto, Vice President, Room to Read's Literacy Portfolio

Five Ways to Make Decodable Stories Fun
March 12, 2020

Five ways to make decodable stories fun

By Kerri Thomsenm Director, Instruction Programming, Literacy Portfolio

Four Pillars of Success for Nonprofit CEO Successions
September 21, 2019
On Father’s Day, A Tribute to Men who Seek a Gender Equal World
June 13, 2019
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