Empowerment, Global, Government and Policy

Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

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

Open

Open Empowerment Press France

Earth Day ‘22: Salesforce.org Customers Tackle Climate Challenges by Land, Air & Sea

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

No one individual, company, government agency, or nonprofit can go it alone. We need new policies, new technology, new strategies, and local support in order to build, implement, and sustain the kinds of solutions that will help us make progress on our goals. Plant-for-the-Planet’s projects are highly local, with global impact.

Ireland

Ireland Challenge Empowerment Local

An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

You cannot have empowerment without participation: empowerment is not something we ‘do’ to other people, but is itself a participatory process that engages people in reflection and inquiry to understand the power they have, and to take action for change as they define it.”

Participatory

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant

Report: Insights from the Google AI Impact Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

There are also research reports , events, fellowships, and bootcamps , and an annual AI4Good Global Summit. The report provides detail about the opportunities and challenges and offers some next steps for social good organizations, technology companies, and policy makers. . The key findings in the report are listed below.

Google

Google Challenge Report Impact

Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

We are also engaging with the Government of Iraq through the development of new web portals that will assist with project management and connecting with citizens of the country. government, members of the diplomatic corps, successful business and civil society leaders, philanthropists, media professionals, academics, artists etc.

Internet

Internet Qatar Iraq Houston

A Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit in London

Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

by Dinesh Venkateswaran, Manager - Global Data Acquisitions, TechSoup Global. Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. disaster).

Activities

Activities Active Activism Review

Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips. The women I work with every day are ready.

Digital

Digital Empowerment Argentina Literacy

6 Steps to Zeroing Out Child Labour Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

And even as these dire consequences are known, child labour has increased globally to 160 million. Governments should embrace internationally recognised fundamental rights at work including ending forced labour, discrimination at work, respecting workers’ right to freely choose representation and ensuring safe and healthy working conditions.

Global

Global United States Policy International

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The Women of Color Resource Center has been around for a little over 17 years and we are a pretty impressive place, I think, because we are one of the very few places in the nation, and globally, that holds the interest of women of color, and girls of color as a central piece of our work. So, that was quite inspirational.

Resource

Resource Interview Policy Issue

The Nonprofit Common Data Model as an Equity Tool

NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For nonprofit data, creating this language is becoming a self-organizing necessity in the same way that the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESGs) criteria are for the corporate world. Collaboration is how nonprofits, globally, best thrive, serve shared missions, and create a more significant impact.

Model

Model Data Tools Open Source

A critique of Just Another Emperor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2008

It slams the use of business thinking and approaches in philanthropy, and makes some drastic policy recommendations to fix elite philanthropy by those dubbed philanthrocapitalists. I really don't like Just Another Emperor, and it's because of the spin techniques used to attempt to make the case for the policy changes it advocates.

Philanthropy

Philanthropy Technique Policy Empowerment

Leading the Resistance: 28 Organizations You Can (and Should) Support Today

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

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