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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

Connection Cafe

Women’s and girls’ empowerment is a sweeping topic, defined and shaped by family beliefs and cultural norms in the community and country where one lives. Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment.

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

.orgSource

Applicants are seeking work/life balance, personal fulfillment, and career development. Even if the job market becomes more advantageous to employers, post-pandemic job seekers are intensely focused on issues that go beyond compensation and benefits. I can make the case for both in-person and remote work.

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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

Could the issue be trust? But at.orgCommunity we like to explore issues before they become sound bites. ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability.

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How a Community of Long-Term Monthly Donors Make a Long-Term Difference

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Forward-thinking – They believe in creating systemic change that will help solve one of the greatest social challenges of our time, and in doing so address: women’s empowerment, global health, access to education, and economic opportunity. If you share a passion for solving one of the world’s most critical social issues, join them.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

In November 2023, we received a grant from the Capital One Foundation to support our housing and financial empowerment programming. That’s why it’s important for nonprofits to work together to create a more equitable future. Without leveraging data about our community’s specific needs, we could not have expanded our impact.

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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

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