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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. The One Campaign has launched an open letter signed by 86 leading voices for women around the world. Tech2Empower: Helping Women in Cambodia.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

They're also a useful way for nonprofits to connect with local developers if they're interested in building an app. Additionally, many of the apps were built using Twilio.org's SMS and voice APIs. This app was the winner of a Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and Capital One hackathon.

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Empowering Change: Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project

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The CHAG is given considerable liberty with what they do, but they must rely mostly on local resources and advocacy. It establishes a positive precedent for taxation with local accountability. Our committee gets the chance to assert the community’s rights, and see that it has an effective voice. mali health NGO empowerment

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

Black Youth Project — BYP has various local chapters. National Urban League —The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. Check your local events on Google. Find yours here.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices.

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Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

EveryAction

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. That’s why we empower local leaders to build a strong movement for equality that secures critical grassroots wins at every level.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. The year before that, women in Morocco won an amazing change in the law. Until then, women had been considered minors under the law.

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