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‘Their stories are incredible’: NGO Room to Read looks to empower girls everywhere through multimedia campaign She Creates Change

Kylie Knott and Dr. Geetha Murali | October 11, 2023

Why seeing smart girls onscreen may actually make for a better world

Charithra Chandran | October 11, 2023

She Creates Change: Short-film series with all-star cast spotlights true stories of real girl heroes

October 11, 2023

Room to Read debuts trailer for ‘She Creates Change’ inspirational film series

October 11, 2023

To Lead Is Human podcast: Leading from Every Seat (Dr. Geetha Murali)

Dr. Geetha Murali, Room to Read, CEO | September 11, 2023

The Future of Education Depends on ‘Operationalising’ Dignified Learning: Commonwealth Education Report 2023

Dr. Geetha Murali, Room to Read, CEO | August 23, 2023

Nexus of Good: Breaking barriers

Anil Swarup | June 28, 2023

Empowering India's future with Room to Read

Dr Surjeet Dhanji and Poornima Garg | June 09, 2023

A Room To Read: Case For Libraries In Schools

BW Education | May 29, 2023

Freida Pinto Lends Voice to Nexus Studios’ Animated International Women’s Day Film Project (EXCLUSIVE)

March 06, 2023

Dr. Geetha Murali on The HPScast

February 08, 2023

Alignment and Execution: Private, Public and Social Sector Actors Must Address Girls’ Education Together

February 02, 2023

These Afghans Had to Start Over. They Didn’t Have to Do It Alone.

December 06, 2022

Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program

December 01, 2022

Fighting for Climate Justice Means Fighting for Gender Equality

November 30, 2022

Un italiano che lotta da Londra contro l'analfabetismo

November 02, 2022

Removal of barriers for access to education creates 'phenomenal' opportunities for edtech

September 30, 2022

Collier kids can get book collection to take home

August 18, 2022

Watch: Room to Read associate director discusses upcoming book distribution

June 22, 2022

New book collection helps Afghan children process their new lives in Houston

June 20, 2022

Rebels with Room to Read

Jonathan Alley | May 18, 2022

Local educators seek to provide more book access in Bay Area ‘book deserts’

April 22, 2022

Asharq Business with Bloomberg's “Morning with Cyba” Interviews Room to Read's CEO, Dr. Geetha Murali

April 20, 2022

Using dignified language unseats bias and advances equity

April 13, 2022

Smartphones are taboo for some girls in India. That's bad news for their future

March 08, 2022

Achieving gender equity depends on boys, and how we raise them

March 07, 2022

Initiative in Kern County makes sure kids have books at home

March 04, 2022

Room to Read provides free books to Central California children

December 27, 2021

'I was just stunned:' A Wauwatosa woman bequeaths $4.6 million to a global nonprofit for children's literacy

December 21, 2021

On Our Path to Global COVID-19 Recovery, We Must Focus on Literacy

October 20, 2021

Room to Read students featured in Financial Times photo essay: Pupils’ parallel pandemics in India and Tanzania

Andrew Jack | October 14, 2021

Educational inequities exacerbated by 'book deserts,' study finds

August 26, 2021

Geetha Murali on South Asian Trailblazers

August 09, 2021

Lilly Singh Plays “The Price is Right at Night” for Room to Read

April 22, 2021

Four Pillars of Success for Nonprofit CEO Successions

January 27, 2021

Reimagining girls’ education during COVID-19: Lessons from adapting programs and measures

January 07, 2021

A 'generational catastrophe': 24 million children will never return to school post-Covid, UN warns

August 13, 2020

Al Jazeera English interview: Heather Simpson on Room to Read's work during COVID-19 school closures

August 13, 2020

Euronews Interview: Laurie McMahon Discusses Girls' Education Risk Indicator

July 13, 2020

‘Some girls have already married early’: Young women at risk of never going back to school in Africa and Asia amid coronavirus crisis

July 10, 2020

BBC World Service interview Room to Read's Sri Lanka Country Director

June 02, 2020

Room to Read interviewed by BBC Woman's Hour

May 19, 2020

How the World Might Change for the Better After Coronavirus

May 07, 2020

Room to Read Joins The Call to Unite with Julia Roberts and Prajakta Koli

April 30, 2020

COVID-19: Girls Face Risks to Their Futures But Women Mentors Bring Support

April 29, 2020

Education in crisis: why girls will pay the highest price in the COVID-19 pandemic

April 23, 2020

BBC Radio: Dr. Geetha Murali on the COVID-19 Education Crisis

March 27, 2020

Creators for Change on Girls' Education

March 17, 2020

Fraternity members help elementary school kids learn to love reading

March 09, 2020

Ending illiteracy begins with children seeing themselves in books

March 05, 2020

Room to Read Named Community Benefactor of Choice at ETHDenver2020

February 07, 2020

Why Doing Good Is Good Economics

Dr. Geetha Murali | January 03, 2020

Room to Read and the Burger King McLamore Foundation Bring Quality Education to Children Around the World

December 30, 2019

Inside Michelle Obama & Julia Roberts' Emotional Day with Vietnamese Schoolgirls: 'I Will Never Recover'

December 09, 2019

Non-fiction comes to light - A golden step by Room to Read

November 29, 2019

Campaign to bridge gender gap with literacy & life skills

October 27, 2019

Atlassian software supremo made a rare public appearance in Sydney

October 18, 2019

Greta and Maiden: Two Legends in the USA

August 31, 2019

The Gospel of Wealth

August 11, 2019

On Father’s Day, A Tribute to Men who Seek a Gender Equal World

Dr. Geetha Murali | June 13, 2019

Room to Read's New York Gala Unlocks Endless Possibilities for 64,000 Children

May 17, 2019

How To Unlock Your Hidden Superhero

Dr. Geetha Murali | March 07, 2019

How To Unlock Your Hidden Superhero

March 07, 2019

A woman’s place in a digital world

February 28, 2019

Sage Customer Shari Freedman on what "return on mission" means

February 20, 2019

Why Partnerships Are The Answer to Quality Education for All Children

Dr. Geetha Murali | December 20, 2018

Why Partnerships Are The Answer to Quality Education for All Children

December 20, 2018

BBC Business Matters with John Wood

November 21, 2018

Change Through Education

November 14, 2018

Books and Bold Decisions

November 13, 2018

Dr. Geetha Murali, CEO of Room to Read

October 27, 2018

Girls Learn More in School Than We Often Assume

October 26, 2018

Why More Girls Need To Negotiate And The Role We Play As Leaders

Dr. Geetha Murali | October 22, 2018

Why More Girls Need To Negotiate And The Role We Play As Leaders

Geetha Murali | October 22, 2018

6 Terrific Books for Getting Girls Into Tech

September 18, 2018

Books can rewire our brains, and connect us all

Geetha Murali | September 01, 2018

The Nepalese Girls Who Lost Their Childhoods

August 09, 2018

Room to Read celebrates Nelson Mandela’s birthday with 65,000 storybooks

July 18, 2018

Five books Room to Read founder can’t live without: John Wood’s must-reads for a desert island

July 07, 2018

BBC Discusses Today's Refugee Crisis with Room to Read Founder, John Wood

June 20, 2018

Room to Read co-founder on trip that sowed the seeds of charity 20 years ago, and the schoolchildren, especially girls, it has helped

May 23, 2018

Geetha Murali, CEO of Room to Read, Joins Denver Frederick

May 21, 2018

Ashanti Offers Advice All Women Can Use In Their Careers, No Matter Their Profession

May 21, 2018

Ashanti on Room to Read at 2018 New York Gala

May 18, 2018

Here’s Why Sending Books To Underprivileged Children Can Change The World

May 18, 2018

Every child needs education and a “Room to Read” to achieve success

May 08, 2018

A time for every purpose

May 03, 2018

Going Beyond Books

April 23, 2018

Finding Purpose in Room to Read

April 03, 2018

Michelle Obama Talks To A Girl From Nepal About Why Education Is Vital

March 08, 2018

A new boys’ club, where girls are welcome

March 07, 2018

Room to Read collaborates with Google to develop Indonesia's reading culture

February 09, 2018

Better Business Support for Early-stage Social Enterprises

January 30, 2018

Geetha Murali, CEO of Room to Read

January 26, 2018

Room to Read Increases Fundraising By Bringing Champions On Board

Kathleen Kelly Janus | January 09, 2018

Classy Is Solving a Global Problem

December 07, 2017

The most generous time of the year is getting a boost from San Diego's Classy

December 07, 2017

A New Lesson to Teach Refugees

November 14, 2017

WATCH: Top Chef: All-Stars Winner Richard Blais Will Race His 5th NYC Marathon This Sunday

November 02, 2017

Celebrity chef Richard Blais to run New York City Marathon for global education

October 31, 2017

How to make kids' eyes grow wide as pizzas with books

October 29, 2017

Intelligent Design - To be smart a city must first be educated

John Wood | September 26, 2017

Wimbledon Champ & Room to Read Ambassador Garbiñe Muguruza on Chelsea Show

July 27, 2017

Sharing the joy of reading with others : John Wood shows how books can change the world

July 05, 2017

On the occasion of our last Father's Day together

John Wood | June 12, 2017

See inside the epic Manhattan party honoring Goldman Sachs and Diddy

May 19, 2017

Breaking the poverty trap through education

May 16, 2017

TATCHA + Room to Read — A Beautiful Partnership to Educate Girls Globally

April 14, 2017

How Beauty Brand Tatcha Became a Philanthropic Success Story

March 29, 2017

Business Matters

March 23, 2017

National Girl Child Day puts focus on kids living on the edge

January 25, 2017

Room to Read's CEO Thinks Globally, Hires Locally

January 12, 2017

Turning Classrooms into Playgrounds with the IKEA Foundation

Geetha Murali | November 20, 2016

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is doomed, unless we get this right

June 23, 2016

From Columnist's Pen to Charity Coffers

June 01, 2016

The 9-Year Old Girl Running a Library for Underprivileged Children

June 01, 2016

A year after deadly earthquake, impatient Nepalis take rebuilding into their own hands

April 22, 2016

Help girls around the world receive a safe, quality education

April 14, 2016

One Child, One Classroom, One Community: Why Influencing a Culture of Reading Could Help Solve the Global Education Crisis

March 07, 2016

Alumni Spotlight: From SEI to Room to Read

March 01, 2016

How Room to Read Is Improving Language Education

January 06, 2016

The Easiest Way to Grow Your Business

Eric Ganju | November 30, 2015

What We've Learned Works in Global Education After Educating 10 Million Children

Eric Ganju | November 17, 2015

The Power of Literacy

November 13, 2015

Library builder's monument of books

October 14, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: five ways to 'build back better' after quakes

John Wood | July 17, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: quake-damaged schools wait to rebuild

July 15, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: quake wrecked homes but not dreams of education

John Wood | July 14, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: NGO founder fears what quake impact he'll find

John Wood | July 13, 2015

Morning News BC, Global News

June 17, 2015

From Hong Kong to Cambodia— Katie Couric's Photo Tour of Asia

May 08, 2015

Room to Read founder talks about destruction in Nepal, CNN Newsroom

May 01, 2015

Not Even Her Parents Burning Her Textbooks Could Keep This Woman From Becoming A Teacher

April 16, 2015

Breaking The Cycle of Poverty

April 10, 2015

Michelle Obama Promotes Girls' Education in Cambodia

March 21, 2015

Michelle Obama visits Cambodia for 'Let Girls Learn' Asia trip

March 21, 2015

Room to Read: Transforming Lives Through Education

March 05, 2015

The perfect job doesn't exist, so focus on this instead

February 23, 2015

Equality in Education

February 01, 2015

Woman's Hour

January 28, 2015

WEF Davos 2015 Interview Erin Ganju, Hub Culture

January 28, 2015

How Charities Will Raise Money in 2015

January 22, 2015

The Right to Choose, Davos 2015 The New Global Context

Eric Ganju | January 22, 2015

Baz Luhrmann celebrates Christmas at Barneys, Vogue Australia

December 14, 2014

The Bravest Girls in the World

December 14, 2014

Heal the World, Make it a Better Place, Family & Life

December 14, 2014

Why You May Care More About Education Than You Realize, Huffington Post

December 14, 2014

Literacy advocate wins Rubenstein prize, but teaching the world to read remains a challenge

October 10, 2014

Networking in Lycra While Biking From Paris to London, Bloomberg TV

October 10, 2014

Barneys' Holiday Program

September 08, 2014

Room to Read: spreading opportunity, one page at a time

July 09, 2014

Austin Couple Turns Loss of Son into 10 Room to Read Libraries

June 15, 2014

Graduate of the Year

May 25, 2014

This Smart Girl Says Thank You

May 22, 2014

Ronan Farrow Daily, MSNBC

May 22, 2014

Educating the World's Children

May 01, 2014

Flaunt Your Flaws: Why Transparency Can Boost Business for NGOs

Eric Ganju | March 28, 2014

Empowering India's Youth through Literacy

Geetha Murali | March 09, 2014

Financial Times and Room to Read raise $3,324,000 at ninth annual fundraising event in Hong Kong

March 07, 2014

A New Script for Women: Education Over Adversity

March 06, 2014

Atlassian And Room To Read Have Raised $3M To Help Educate Children In Developing Countries

February 04, 2014

Meet the innovators

October 16, 2013

Local Heroes, The Linguist

August 15, 2013

Room to Read, Rooms for Change, The Epoch Times

March 22, 2013

Whose Responsibility Is Girls' Education?, Huffington Post

John Wood | March 12, 2013

The Most Influential Children's Publisher You've Never Heard Of, Publishing Perspectives

March 11, 2013

Room to Read Building Libraries All Over the World, The Washington Post

February 12, 2013

The Secret Sauce of Giving Girls Room to Read, Million Moms Challenge

January 18, 2013

Women Making a Difference

October 01, 2012

"Education Equals Empowerment", Huffington Post

June 08, 2012

"10 Winners At The Social Innovation Summit", Forbes

June 04, 2012

Women in the World Summit: Fearless Women Taking On the World, The Daily Beast

March 12, 2012

A Weekend of Fearless Women: Tina Brown on Women in the World Summit, The Daily Beast

March 12, 2012

"Girls Just Want to Go to School", The New York Times

November 10, 2011

"Oprah Celebrates People Who Found their Passions", Oprah's Lifeclass

September 09, 2011

"Equal Access to Education = Empowered Workforce", CNBC.com

Eric Ganju | March 08, 2011

"Nepal Opens New Chapter in Publishing", The Guardian

September 11, 2010

Villagers Dig Deep to Fill Education Gap

November 30, 2009

High-Flyers on a Different Path

March 15, 2008
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