Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

In Afghanistan, girls are barred from high school and college classrooms due to national restrictions. In Senegal, the government increased resourcing for FGM elimination in 2023 by 50%. They need opportunities to learn and pursue their goals. An estimated 129 million girls are not in school, globally.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

His unit, the 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate first-ever standards to govern disposal of coal ash and limit the wastewater discharge of toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. He’s been there and done that. These wins include requiring the U.S.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are coming under new scrutiny for the way they treat Taliban accounts, as the militant Islamist group emerges as the dominant power in Afghanistan in the wake of the US withdrawal. Facebook does not make decisions about the recognized government in any particular country”.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

It also rolled out a “one-click tool” in Ukraine that lets users lock their profiles, preventing anyone but friends from viewing their posts, photos, and Stories — Facebook launched the same feature during the crisis in Afghanistan last August.

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The Verge

AUGUST 22, 2021

As conditions in Afghanistan continue to deteriorate and the Taliban gain control of its major cities, it’s been a challenge for its citizens to get accurate information about what’s happening from moment to moment. Go read this story about what it’s like collecting and disseminating crucial information amidst the chaos in Afghanistan.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. Rakesh has also engaged across the board with policy-makers, senior government officials, academia, first responders, NGOs/IGOs, volunteer organizations, and industry leaders. Alex Parker.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

She went on to say that Theranos devices had been used in Afghanistan. Later, Holmes told Parloff that Theranos has “done work overseas for pharmaceutical companies and a little bit with foreign governments in the past, but right now we’ve got our work cut out for us here.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

Our government's public servants have been released to their jobs better. White House blogs, open government initiatives. A: For me specifically, government and social media (and not just Washington), social media, the Sunlight Foundation ( on government accountability and transparency, data.gov, etc.) A: Nerds can help.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

Governments and politicians around the world are using a loophole in how Facebook polices inauthentic activity to fake popular support and harass opponents. The loophole identified by Zhang concerns the use of Pages to create fake supporters used by governments to appear popular and criticize opponents. 4/8) — Sophie Zhang?????

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The attack began with cyberattacks that targeted Ukrainian government departments with floods of internet traffic and data-wiping malware, followed by a ground, sea and air incursion. This is the same strategy that Facebook used in August to try to protect users in Afghanistan.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When the Afghanistan government fell to the Taliban just days after the U.S. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. Government. I was heartbroken by what was happening in Afghanistan. and coalition forces withdrew their troops, Afghan allies that served alongside the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2023

While he wasn’t expecting his service to end four years later in Afghanistan – he was wounded and sent home – Gwak again didn’t waste much time deliberating about his next moves. Given your experience over the years, working for and selling to the government, does the sales process move any more quickly than historically?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When her testimony ended today, we were still in 2006, well before the period the government alleges any fraud took place, which means most of the juicy stuff will have to wait until next week. The period in which the government alleges fraud took place is still ahead of us. Holmes was cheerful, smiling at her attorney, Kevin Downey.

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

In other, more rare occasions – such as the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 – we’ve felt compelled to proactively take action based on changing external circumstances. Organizations may react differently to the same situation, something Candid learned in our response to the situation in Afghanistan.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We were astonished when hundreds of technologists used Open Collective to pool funds to help families get out of Afghanistan. Now, we want to engage you to co-create an ownership and governance structure for the commons, which can fund itself for the future, and which integrates its purpose and values into its legal DNA.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

They thought that meant the drug companies and the Defense Department had co-signed the technology, using it on clinical trials and in Afghanistan — a lie journalist Roger Parloff heard, too. According to the government, the fraud didn’t start until later. So we saw some emails. Cullen testified earlier , for the prosecution.)

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

s Ministry of Defense as well as other military and government roles — counts a number of financial services firms, consumer businesses and government organizations among its customers.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This is a particular problem for Holmes’ defense, as she told investors Theranos devices were being deployed in Afghanistan. Mattis invested $85,000 into Theranos when he joined the board, a significant amount for “someone who has been in government for 40 years,” he said, smiling slightly. Holmes was in charge.”.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 30, 2021

GlobalGiving Atlas includes everything from government ID numbers, mission statements, and organization financials. It combines government data, public information, and other reliable records to give the most comprehensive virtual map of nonprofits from Afghanistan to Venezuela.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I don’t know why the government chose to send an assassin who didn’t know when to twist the knife. Several investors — Lisa Peterson, Brian Grossman, and Bryan Tolbert — told the court that Holmes said the Theranos devices were used by the military, either on medevacs or in theater in places such as Afghanistan. Today was scattered.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In his books, he tells the story of founding his nonprofit and recounts tales of the struggles they faced while fulfilling their mission of providing education to girls in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. These books have given him a large and intense fan base. He received his Ph.D. Like this article? Get another! by Mark Hager.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The government called 29 witnesses in an attempt to show Holmes knowingly deceived investors and patients. It had started paperwork for other military studies — but didn’t deploy in Iraq, Afghanistan, or on military helicopters. But investors said Holmes told them that the company’s devices were used in Afghanistan and on medevacs. “I

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I think that in an age where what we're facing often seems very vast and faceless - huge institutions, corporations, or undemocratic governments - I think that the real answers don't so much lie in, they can, but not always, big ticket solutions. As I wrote in Loyal to the Sky , I spent about five months in India and Nepal right after 9/11.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. She once took a microphone in a big celebration on Women's Day that we had at our office there, and she addressed a group of men who are the governor, and the mayor, and different government officials. That's the story of Women for Women.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

A disproportionate amount of women veterans are women of color, and many of them have just recently returned from Iraq or Afghanistan and are looking to get involved with the peace moment, and with their own political development, but also with their own healing, and what it means to heal after going through the incredible trauma of war.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

That means that 70% of almost all the money given in this country other than government money is coming from people sitting down and asking face-to-face, or on Zoom calls in some kind of face-to-face setting. So more than 80% of all this money that’s donated to charities comes from people, comes from people.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

Women and girls in particular have felt the impacts of a never-ending global health pandemic, conflict and displacement, and authoritarian government takeovers, to name a few. The takeover by the Taliban in Afghanistan earlier this year instantly sent the future of girls and women in that country into chaos. Credit: GOLEES.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue has announced the updated membership for the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS), a consultative forum for the Government of Canada to engage in meaningful dialogue with the charitable sector.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2013

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country. Because we are all stronger when we work together.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Over the past 18 months or so, the antennas have been appearing around Jalalabad , a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. It wasn't created by a government either, but it could become the new symbol of infrastructure rebuilding in Afghanistan and around the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan. Sponsors give $27/month to fund a survivor's basic needs, as well as seed money to start income generating projects. Women are simply not at the negotiating table.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Aschaffenburg attack followed knife attacks in Mannheim and Solingen last year in which the suspects were immigrants from Afghanistan and Syria, respectively in the latter case, also a rejected asylum-seeker who was supposed to have left the country. Migration turnaround now! Scholz described the latest incident as a terrible attack.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

government for Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama on international conflict resolution, I have learned that compassion is a key ingredient of peacemaking. As a professor of cultural engagement and public diplomacy , I have watched and studied how compassion can help build and strengthen civil society.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Elon Musk called on Thursday for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government as part of his push under President Donald Trump to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities. has fought wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The US government has now successfully appealed this decision by offering a number of assurances to British judges. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison, though the US government claims the actual sentence will be between four and six years.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

International nonprofits and other non-government organizations (NGOs) need American support to function, or even exist, a trio of witnesses told U.S. The Nicaraguan government has closed down 1,500 nonprofits, including religious organizations, human rights groups and even the American Chamber of Commerce, Rutzen added.

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