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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

At an adolescent training center in Kolda, we met Khadidiatou D. In addition to running her own small business, Sally pays it forward by training girls in Kolda who have disabilities like her. In Afghanistan, girls are barred from high school and college classrooms due to national restrictions.

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Technology Has Shaped Human Knowledge for Centuries. Generative AI Is Set to Transform It Yet Again.

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Its impact is already being felt from the classroom to the boardroom , the laboratory to the rainforest. Trained on hundreds of billions of human words , AI can condense and synthesize vast amounts of information across a variety of authors, subjects, or time periods.

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This new language app is like Netflix meets Masterclass, but for learning French

Fast Company Tech

Julien Frei and Lea Perret [Image: 6pm in Paris] Learning as a lifelong journey Perret imagined 6pm in Paris as a way to help students learn French beyond the classroom. If people take to the format, you can soon expect 6pm in Tokyo, and 6pm in Rioand basically 6pm anywhere.

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Employers are still hiring recent graduates—just more cautiously

Fast Company Tech

This reflects what I have observed in classrooms and in conversations with hiring managers: Credentials matter, but what truly sets candidates apart is how they present themselves and what they contribute to a company. At the same time, employers are investing in internal reskilling and upskilling programs.

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Philanthropy can help close the tech gender gap with better design, data, and infrastructure

Candid

These barriers show up at every stage, from classroom to boardroom, and they go far beyond the commonly cited “pipeline problem.” Compounding this imbalance, training budgets tend to favor high-visibility technical teams, spaces where women are still markedly underrepresented.

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Communication and Leadership Skills Development with LMS

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Communication and Leadership Skills Development with LMS Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Effective Communication Training (ECT) is an approach focused on improving an individual’s ability to convey and understand information from others.

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Reimagining equity with AI: What philanthropy can do

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The AI Education Project provides AI-powered resources that streamline lesson planning and integrate AI literacy into classrooms. This includes not just purchasing tools but also covering costs for training, maintenance, and capacity building. AI can also lighten the workload of educators while ensuring students AI literacy.