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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here's the text of my article: My good friend from India, Joe Madiath, bumps into another man at a Davos party thrown by the Egyptians. The idea that a social entrepreneur serving the poorest of the poor in India might bump into a world famous politician is not a surprise here at the World Economic Forum. They say hi and shake hands.

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The Purpose Prize

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Not only does the Market give folk art collector folks an opportunity to see and buy work from all over the world, the coolest thing is what it means for the artists. Each attending cooperative might represent, for example, 600 artists back home in Bangladesh.

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Empowering Women Artisans: An Interview with Rebecca Kousky of Nest

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"She stood up in our meeting and said that was exactly why women are afraid of taking loans in India, but with Nest, because it's interest-free and they can repay in their necklaces, they didn't have that kind of fear. Nest is a nonprofit organization that empowers female artists and artisans around the world.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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Women hold these toxins in their body, and this is what they have to pass on to their children. The next area, where Women's Earth Alliance works, is in India , where we learned from our colleagues on the ground that support around creating sustainable agriculture would be the best thing we could do to help. Over 90 percent of U.S.