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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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Make #GivingTuesday 2021 Count!

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Andrea Ortega, Director of Nonprofit Services Andrea hails from Cali, Colombia by way of Miami, FL. She has a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. Caitlyn graduated from the University of Central Florida (Go Knights!)

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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. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. gender pay gap is currently at around 80 percent, but probably won't close until 2152. Progress to close the pay gap has slowed since 2000. Women face unequal pay in nearly every occupation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Patrick Ball is in Colombia for most of the next three months teaching the techniques of human rights statistics and information processing at the National University there. Our human rights group is active all over the place right now. Africa is definitely getting more attention from us.

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8 Superpowers For Thriving In Constant Change

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Change is universal and inevitable. v, AnyRoad, and Unsettled, as well as governments ranging from Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, Italy to India. Change is disorienting. Change clouds your horizons and paralyzes your courage. Today’s ever-increasing pace of change is relentless.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. Global University of Islamic Finance , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is working on developing Islamic oriented socially conscious investing in cooperation with Sharia law. We connect the local with global resources.”

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

Connection Cafe

IDSA focuses on supporting clinicians and providing guidelines and resources for the people and researchers on the frontlines, like Dr. Fauci and others working to find a cure, as well as universities that are hosting trials. Stephen Peeler, Executive Director, Infectious Disease Society of America Foundation.

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