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Women, Girls, Education and Global Health: Interview with Carinne Brody

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The idea behind The Girl Effect is that when we invest in girls, particularly in developing countries, everybody wins. She did a joint Masters in Public Health and Economic Development at Columbia University. When a girl receives an education, she stays healthy, HIV negative, marries when she chooses, and raises a healthy family.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. People in developing countries will get further discounts. We work with human rights groups all over the world.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

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In some cases, the information is intended for use in court cases or international prosecution, to support a human rights report, or advocacy campaign. Since many Afghan NGOs are still in early stages of their documentation efforts, this was a significant opportunity to help groups as they develop and implement best practices.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

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Christina Arnold: My name is Christina Arnold, and I'm the founder of Prevent Human Trafficking, formerly Project Hope International. One of the ideas that they came up with, which they started years ago with the Population Community Development Association of Thailand, was to have village banks.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

The incident with Google in China has made aware the increasing militarization of the internet – targeted attacks against corporations and activists and that’s the most worrying development. Where does the pressure come from on an international exposure. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out.

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