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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

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"), have risen as leaders in grassroots organizing and civic activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). was the pre-election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. This known issue had prompted public discontent and the side of his building had been vandalized with graffiti that read: "Give back the apartment, you thief!"

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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. Upwardly Global, also known as "UpGlo," is working to combat this disparity. It provides skilled immigrants to the U.S. at their full potential.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. The Digital Public Library of America held a hackathon to test the prototype DPLA platform and build apps for it. Library Hackathons. The ReStart Challenges.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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The project is soft launching this month, and going public in March 2014. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. " It is intended to be a dynamic public database of tech innovators for good around the world. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is providing leverage for Tibetan, Darfurian, Burmese and Chinese human rights campaigns: The International Campaign for Tibet created the Race for Tibet. They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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One of the ones I am continuing to support is Women for Women International. I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. Our conversation began with Zainab describing how Women for Women International serves women survivors of war.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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This week's Solutionary Woman is 24-year-old Heddy Nam, the Associate to the Chief Operating Officer of Amnesty International USA and co-founder of Never Again , an international network of young people working for peace. Describe the work you do for Amnesty International. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog.

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