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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

With more than 75 events scheduled for October, there's probably an event scheduled for your community, so RSVP now for one of our meetups. If you're holding monthly events that gather the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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Join the conversation 4Change!

Amy Sample Ward

Great questions: Social media is becoming a key driver of social change, allowing for the dissemination of new ideas, the formation of new communities and coalitions and the realization of new efficiencies and reach by existing social change groups. Tags: community events. Why are we doing this and why would you want to join?

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

Tech Soup

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. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Even in the U.S.,

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4Change Chat: Revolutionary social media - social tools for revolts, protests

Amy Sample Ward

Great questions: Social media is becoming a key driver of social change, allowing for the dissemination of new ideas, the formation of new communities and coalitions and the realization of new efficiencies and reach by existing social change groups. Why are we doing this and why would you want to join? And beyond. Stay on topic!

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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. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Even in the U.S.,

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

But her experience and those of the residents in her community inspired her greatest work, A Raisin in the Sun , the first play written by an African American to be produced on Broadway. Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation.

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