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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Through projects that integrated statistical analyses into multidisciplinary human rights work, we engaged in the public debate about human rights violations in Colombia.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. gender pay gap is currently at around 80 percent, but probably won't close until 2152.

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8 Superpowers For Thriving In Constant Change

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Change is universal and inevitable. April Rinne is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader ranked one of the “50 Leading Female Futurists” in the world by Forbes. v, AnyRoad, and Unsettled, as well as governments ranging from Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, Italy to India. Change is disorienting.

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

And they’re certainly not exempt from a global pandemic. responding to a global pandemic is a matter of doubling-down on what they know. Those are weekly calls with representatives from Massachusetts and Boston, and all the way to San Francisco and the University of Washington.”. the people they serve, boards, donors, etc.),

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech's newest project is a software tool called Miradi that helps environmental practitioners design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects to more effectively meet the needs of global biodiversity. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

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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