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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

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Anyone could call in and hear an update about developments on the ground in Darfur and Congo, and upcoming legislation, events and campaigns. Given the quantity of organizations, and the enormity of the issues we're faced with today, five qualities are important when designing an action: 1. million nonprofits in the U.S.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them.

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13 Women Changing the World

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Cristi Hegranes Executive Director and Founder, Global Press Institute. GPI (formerly the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World) uses journalism as a development tool to educate, employ and empower women, who produce high-quality local news coverage that elevates global awareness and ignites social change.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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This project will tackle big questions such as: What are the most pressing human rights problems in our world? Since then, the network has grown to include hundreds of members residing in the UK, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, China, and Canada. What should AIUSA’s role be in improving or resolving those situations?

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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To me, that sort of sums up something very special about the way in which we try to make these resources accessible to women-led initiatives that are often some of the most creative that we are seeing on issues ranging from the environment, to health, to education, to building peace and sustainable communities around the world.

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