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Benetech and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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WiserEarth.org Goes Multi-lingual: Guest Post by Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth

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WiserEarth.org , a nonprofit that offers social networking for the international sustainability movement, launched today in French , Portuguese , and Spanish beta versions. WiserTuesdays have spread to London, UK and Monrovia, Liberia. From these WiserTuesday meetings spawned the creation of a Social Innovation Camp in Paris in June.

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Pick up the Sunday NYT Magazine: It's All About Empowering, Funding & Educating Women

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Even though I've had to cut back on a lot of my donations this year, I've continued to sponsor a woman survivor of war each month through Women for Women International. To change the planet by helping women and children." Why am I so focused on this organization?

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Leading edge organizations are putting the bots to work for social change. Humanitarian organizations are actively researching and testing how the use of messaging and bots can help refugees or those directly impacted by a natural disaster, according a recent report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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American Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis is considered the first woman of Native American and African descent to achieve international fame as a sculptor at a time when artists of color were hardly celebrated and slavery was still legal. Edmonia Lewis. Her greatest work, The Death of Cleopatra , is now housed at the Smithsonian. Embassy personnel.

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

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In 2006, journalist Mariane Pearl traveled the globe for Glamour magazine to profile women who are changing the world. They each transformed their personal pain to create change for the greater good. Yes, there is hope in the world, and it isn't naive or even idealistic. It is real."--Mariane Mariane Pearl, In Search of Hope.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact. of total philanthropic resources each year that actually directly go to benefit women and girls, and that includes both domestic and international grant making. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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