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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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Symantec Gives Back

Tech Soup

Symantec has made corporate grants to the National Center for Women & Information Technology and Vital Voices. Vital Voices identifies, invests in, and brings visibility to working women around the world. NCWIT is an organization working to improve diversity across the entire academic and corporate spectrum.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Fund their work! Anika Rahman is a Bangladeshi-American lawyer and prominent voice in the ecofeminism movement. Gertrude B.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

We really try and get women from all walks of life to be able to participate in our program, the goal being to provide as many unique voices and opportunities as possible. It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Voices of Davos This meeting is all about conversations. I just want to share some of the voices I've heard so far this week. Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa), talked about the opportunities in market failure. Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa), talked about the opportunities in market failure.

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

This requires the global community to center the voices of people directly impacted by poverty in its approach and support solutions that empower children and their families. CRUS’ Innovation and Growth Fund , launched in 2021, will contribute significantly to the global movement to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.