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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. He ran into Congo. It had been bombed.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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We publish their stories, and from that experience, a big impact was that a lot of the women got their stories picked up. The most powerful impact we found was actually in the women's leadership and influence locally. We brought professional empowerment mentors and coaches, and also professional editors.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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To me, that sort of sums up something very special about the way in which we try to make these resources accessible to women-led initiatives that are often some of the most creative that we are seeing on issues ranging from the environment, to health, to education, to building peace and sustainable communities around the world.

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