article thumbnail

Women, Girls, Education and Global Health: Interview with Carinne Brody

Have Fun - Do Good

She did a joint Masters in Public Health and Economic Development at Columbia University. Before and during her studies, she conducted field research for governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as foundations, on maternal and child health in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Haiti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and India.

article thumbnail

President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This event was very exciting, as we have never previously received federal funding for Bookshare.org. We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007.

Darfur 100
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

There is actually a great piece by a professor at George Washington University, Ronald Weitzer. Have the programs that have been funded done enough to make a difference on this issue? Where is the research funding being given? I spent a lot of time thinking about why these things happened to people that are just poor.

article thumbnail

Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

We already have universal access provisions for things like telephones. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out. This year a new Sponsorship Fund will help smaller media outlets cover their cost of entry, opening up the awards to more blogs and less-mainstream sites. Kevin Anderson: Yes.

Iran 152