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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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One of the reasons I think the issue of genocide in Darfur, and in other places, hasn't reached the mainstream consciousness, is that it is hard to find actions that make concerned citizens feel like they are having an impact. April 8 Watch the HBO special, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. I don't have to solve the problem.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. She was also awarded their annual Ida B.

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13 Women Changing the World

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GPI (formerly the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World) uses journalism as a development tool to educate, employ and empower women, who produce high-quality local news coverage that elevates global awareness and ignites social change. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (February 6, 2008) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 5.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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To me, that sort of sums up something very special about the way in which we try to make these resources accessible to women-led initiatives that are often some of the most creative that we are seeing on issues ranging from the environment, to health, to education, to building peace and sustainable communities around the world.

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