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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. Full disclosure. I just want to mention a few of them. More About International Women's Day.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Events, Twitters, and Green Web Hosting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Nonprofit Blog Exchange celebrates its second year anniversary and reflects on activities to date. Global NpTech: African Civil Society to Colombia Saidia.Org Blog is gathering stories about Web2.0 and African civil society for Web2 for Dev Nancy White is doing workshops in Colombia. and Katya A.

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

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She traveled over 100,000 miles and interviewed 12 women activists who are working on solutions to everything from sex trafficking, to global warming, to AIDS. Glamour and powerHouseBooks have produced a collection of Pearl's interviews in, In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl , which includes a Foreword by Angelina Jolie.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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