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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. That is not a particularly radical belief among librarians, but I hope to make you believe even more in the power of books. We can do better!

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format. I think in the United States, the environmental movement is seen very much as a movement that is about protecting species, and is in a way almost a privilege of an upper class white elite.

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