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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Olutosin has created an alternative: a women-only center that allows Nigerian women to connect online safely and freely. The women I work with every day are ready.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. On October 1, Brighter Tomorrows held a Candlelight Vigil at a local police department. On October 3, it held a Purple Paw Project festival at a local park. Image 1: Alternatives to Violence. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.: The mission of Brighter Tomorrows, Inc. " STAND! LAP is a U.S.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Holly has now been out meeting with the International Labor Organization and thinking about different ways that you really help create empowerment for women who work in informal markets. It is a community where there are almost 75 percent HIV positive rates. And World of Good is one of the go-to-market partners.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

So yeah, the local church filed for bankruptcy. between social media and everything else, you now have a network that should not just be in your local area or city where you live. About a week after that furlough began, they filed for bankruptcy. Yes, Cam, 100% personal networks. It is all about personal networks. You can branch out.

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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. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.