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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

World leaders and technology firms should be paying attention to their solutions—and backing them up. A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Even if it is for an hour each day, women will access the Web.

Digital 20
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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

Have Fun - Do Good

So, for example, we just did a really powerful training in the Philippines, where our regional leaders there hosted a training on a water filter. Who are women who really understand the landscape of the issues, and the challenges, and who have really taken action to protect their environment, to sustain their communities?"

Green 40
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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

A lot of attention on team, it's probably the hardest thing because you have to keep getting out of your own way. If your angle is using this training as an outlet for local empowerment and development, then you very much want to bring in mentorship. They're coming from Nepal, the Philippines, and Bolivia.

Voice 69