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E-Mediat Networking Conference at the Dead Sea, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” The conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society. The program accomplished the following: 220 organizations participated. 12 training centers have been established.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support and in-kind donations from Microsoft, Cisco and craigslist Charitable Fund. E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. Rami Al-Karmi, N2V Lab.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just three years ago, negotiators from around the world converged on Marrakesh, Morocco, to hash out a final deal. Today, the Marrakesh Treaty has been ratified by more than thirty countries, and went into international effect and law as of last year. It was highly controversial. And, the U.S. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

Have Fun - Do Good

If you order In Search of Hope on Glamour.com , Glamour will donate 100 percent of the book's proceeds and royalties to charities (listed below) selected by the women who were profiled. They each transformed their personal pain to create change for the greater good.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

of total philanthropic resources each year that actually directly go to benefit women and girls, and that includes both domestic and international grant making. People like Robin Morgan, people like Gloria Steinem, many people before them as well, always had a deep sense of international solidarity. I don't want us to get confused.

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