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International Women’s Day: Using Technology to Empower Women and Girls

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2016 half a billion women still cannot read, 62 million girls are denied the right to education and 155 countries still have laws that differentiate between men and women. Tech2Empower: Helping Women in Cambodia. For T2E Cambodia , the focus is human trafficking. Here’s the application and more information.

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Blog Day and One Web Day: Are You Participating?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On that day, I'll be in Cambodia at the first Cambodian Blogger Summit Conference. I enjoyed Sopheap's recent post about public education about not littering in Cambodia ) After I get back in September, OneWebDay is next community web event on my calendar scheduled for September 22, 2007. Susan Crawford is the founder of OneWebDay.

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I Want Change: Politics of Shopping

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why are we holding a sign that says "Buy Made in Cambodia Clothes?" If you are wearing "Made in Cambodia," feel good because it was probably made by a woman (garment workers are mostly female) in good working conditions and being paid livable wages. Technorati Tags: net2 , cambodia , sweatshopfree

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Interview with Lux Mean: Teaching Cambodians in Rural Areas To Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He is currently training young people in Cambodia's provincial areas how to blog. Mean was only recently introduced to blogs and the organization got the idea of doing a blog projects from one of Cambodia's better known bloggers, Ex-King. The trainings were held in different Community Information Centers in the provinces.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

The VietNet Information Technology and Communication Center ( VietNet-ICT ) is a Hanoi-based NGO working in information technology and communication. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. The Center was established in 2007 by the Vietnam Scientific Association for Development of Talents, Human Resources.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Human trafficking organizations advocate for stronger anti-trafficking laws, provide services and support for victims of trafficking crimes, and develop long-term strategies to end human trafficking. Salesforce Einstein and dashboards surface valuable member information in easy-to-view charts for steering growth.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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Companies involved in the production of Agent Orange are still facing lawsuits from victims, both US veterans and civilians from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, to this day. . A nti-war wasn’t the only movement that took place in the 1960s. the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air?Act.?

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