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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

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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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

Any woman who is just coming on from Kashmir has access to some kind of connectivity to either an Internet cafe, or a cell phone, or a computer at her work. 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. Britt Bravo: Why did you start World Pulse?

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