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Using Video for Women's Empowerment in Rural India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In looking at some of the project examples , I found several that focus on women's empowerment and rights in India. Two other proejcts include Navsarjan ( www.navsarjan.org ) and Dappu ( www.sakshiap.org ) that work on human rights issues affecting Dalits,a tribe in rural india.

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Purpose at PIMCO | The Power of Partnerships & Knowing Your Why

Connection Cafe

As a firm, our family of 2,600 professionals across 17 global offices engages in volunteer opportunities throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. We believe that hunger (Goal 2) and gender equality (Goal 5) are fundamental issues critical to human development and sustainable worldwide economic growth. Gender Equality (Goal 5).

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6 Examples of Nonprofits Working with For-Profits for a Greater Good

NonProfit Hub

The foundation works on web-related issues through advocacy, mobilizing volunteers and organizing events. Some of the issues that Mozilla has taken up include curbing government surveillance and promoting net neutrality in Europe.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, I am currently in Southeast Asia presenting social media trainings to nonprofits in Malaysia, Singapore and Manila – most of which are just getting started with using social media. The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

developing economies in Asia and Africa. For those nonprofits working on political engagement issues/activism - When media bans were put in place at the end of Musharraf’s rule in Pakistan SMSall , or as its founder Umar Saif, says “Twitter for SMS,” or “Twitter for. serve the public.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

I felt an emptiness inside, as a woman, that I wasn't hearing from the teachers that I wanted to about world issues. If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship. Well, first, it started for me at a young age as a young woman.

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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. I became the Executive Director and co-founder of an organization there called Free At Last , which serves people that have substance abuse issues.

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