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Data Digest: Global Open Data Initiative, OpenData Latinoamérica, Big Data for Disaster Response

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This week check out the launch of the new Global Open Data Initiative, the pursuit for the release and use of open data in Latin America and thoughts on open data and democracy in Africa. Facilitating global literacy about Big Data is viewed as important for the media, civic hackers, and civil society.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. It hasn't happened in Latin America's history. BB: How do you know that you are successful?

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