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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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meets LinkedIn for students. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The project is run by Fundacja TechSoup and Dokukino.

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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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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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