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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

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billion, $420 million, and $100 million, respectively, over five years in support of efforts to advance gender equality globally. The Bill & Melinda Gates , Ford , and Open Society foundations have announced commitments of $2.1

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Start 2017 by Building Your Tech Skills and Community

Tech Soup

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. To be a part of a larger nonprofit community/networking. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? The top options were.

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

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UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. She grew up in Central America, studied in France, and is a graduate of San Francisco State University. Even in the U.S., All that and she’s also a gifted writer.

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. She grew up in Central America, studied in France, and is a graduate of San Francisco State University. Even in the U.S., All that and she’s also a gifted writer.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Have Fun - Do Good

They are either from other countries, or they are embedded in communities of color or of other places, or they've traveled and worked extensively with communities. They all represent either a farmer, educator, activist, or chef, but they still share the connection that they're aware of global issues. I went to France.

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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Question: How would this help people with print disabilities globally? If these proposed provisions took effect, it would be easier for communities of people with disabilities to build their own accessible collections inside their own countries. Government support this effort? Question: Why should the U.S.