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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

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I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. The challenge to providing help to this quarter of the world’s people is the growing body of anti-terrorism laws in the world, like the USA Patriot Act and Executive Order 13224 in the United States.

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Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

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Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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How a Multi-Sectoral Partnership is Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

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Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. The latest update of the law is expected to be formally approved in 2014. Asia is also a good news-bad news story. It has been developing since 2002.

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

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If you aren't familiar with Pearl's story, she is a pretty phenomenal person. This clothbound, limited edition book includes over 200 full color photos from Pearl's travels, as well as updates to some of the the interviews since they originally appeared in Glamour. It would be legitimate for him to be scared; aren't we all?

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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A month ago I listened to Christine Karumba, the Country Director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tell Honorata's story on the Voices on Genocide Prevention podcast. Each had their own stories of horror, of lives lost, and of struggling to regain their dignity. She received the John F.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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A truly remarkably story of very every day mothers and daughters in Liberia who were just so sick of the civil war between Charles Taylor, and then the rebels in Liberia, being funded with Sierra Leone diamonds essentially, that they mobilized an entire community of women around peace. KR: Actually that is the easiest part of this job.

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