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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

Do these same sites appear the same to those in Ghana? Is the rapid growth of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) more important than the basic social needs of health, education, etc.? Empowerment is key. Everyone had a mission and wanted to achieve their end goal.

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SAP Gives Back

Tech Soup

In Ghana, SAP is using their technology and volunteers in partnership with a leading NGO to help women create thriving businesses through the harvesting of shea nuts. movement, a world of 7 billion has implications for sustainability, urbanization, access to health services, and youth empowerment. Seven Billion Actions.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. I went to 15 countries on five continents, and interviewed and photographed 129 women. Can you talk a little bit about why they used arts, and why it was an effective tool?

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. She is a University of Minnesota law school professor who was born in Africa and is a terrific advocate for the Treaty and its empowerment of the blind community. This time, I had the benefit of help.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

My favorite scene from the movie is these women, all ages, all sizes, going to surround the peace talks in Ghana, which were essentially going nowhere. That has completely changed and Moroccan women are taking that information and doing massive street theater programs and education programs to take it out into communities.

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