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Symantec Gives Back

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To help, Symantec has sponsored programs aimed at getting more women into and interested in science, computers, and engineering. Symantec has made corporate grants to the National Center for Women & Information Technology and Vital Voices. Vital Voices identifies, invests in, and brings visibility to working women around the world.

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Carrie Karnos, recipient of the 2006 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award.

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I found Bookshare's interesting history on its Web site's About Us section: "Benetech, a new kind of nonprofit enterprise, is sponsoring the Bookshare initiative. During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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A month ago I listened to Christine Karumba, the Country Director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tell Honorata's story on the Voices on Genocide Prevention podcast. The show ended, and I immediately signed up to be a Women for Women International sponsor. women war nonprofit survivor

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One Web. For All.

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For All. -- is all about digital inclusion, digital literacy, and working to close the many digital divides we face in our global society. We are working with the Media and Democracy Coalition and other policy wonk allies to call on everyone to voice their boldest ideas for closing the digital divide. This year's theme -- One Web.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. So that is something I'd love to be able to share. No more "women's issues."

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