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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. The recent Indian copyright amendment that creates an exception similar to Section 121 in the United States, which makes it possible for us to set up a Bookshare-style crowd-sourced library in India with local partner NGOs.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

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Areas served: US, India, South Africa. They believe that the most innovative and effective policies and strategies emanate from educators engaged in authentic partnership with policymakers, students, parents, and others who are committed to educational equity, excellence, and opportunity. The Kresge Foundation. Areas served: Illinois.

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Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

Connection Cafe

In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. . Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash.

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How a Multi-Sectoral Partnership is Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

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In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. . Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We did some exploration of the likely impacts on the market for audio books: that seems to be one of the major policy concerns about the text-to-speech issue. But, the advocacy groups present in Geneva felt that the U.S. I think that the advocacy community has an opportunity to continue to lobby the U.S.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. trade publishers (and some in India and the UK), and over 1,000 international members in 35 countries today.

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Google Announces Project 10^100 for World-Changing Ideas - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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