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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

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A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. And then there is Myrna in the Philippines, who escaped trafficking as a young girl and worked as a domestic helper. Even if it is for an hour each day, women will access the Web.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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So many of these women are local leaders, and Women's Global Green Action Network is attempting to provide a space for women to step into roles of being global advocates, and to really have a more prevalent platform for the messages and the work that they are doing. We also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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We trained them in how to use their cell phones for rapid response, and how to write Op-eds, feature stories, and front line journals. We publish their stories, and from that experience, a big impact was that a lot of the women got their stories picked up. They're coming from Nepal, the Philippines, and Bolivia.

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