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Fintech app Portabl raises $2.5M to help consumers securely store financial data

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He was born in Colombia, adopted, and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. He studied anthropology during his undergraduate years at Yale and always planned to attend law school. His first job out of university was as a paralegal, where he was tasked with building databases, fostering his love for information-gathering.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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women became the majority of law students. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. Law and Advocacy.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

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I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. The challenge to providing help to this quarter of the world’s people is the growing body of anti-terrorism laws in the world, like the USA Patriot Act and Executive Order 13224 in the United States.

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Lalo launches an app to memorialize loved ones

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The app also offers prompts, which were developed with guidance from board member Dr. Robert Niemeyer, a psychology professor at the University of Memphis who is an expert on grief. On its website, Lalo says that it will adhere to “privacy laws and data requirements from the beginning, rather than as a regulatory afterthought.”

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The year before that, women in Morocco won an amazing change in the law. Until then, women had been considered minors under the law. I am always a big believer in that. Walking your talk around human rights.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

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Webby Special Achievement: Dr. Tatiana Prowell of Johns Hopkins University. Webby People’s Voice Award for Humor : The Far Side by Andrews McMeel Universal. Webby Award for Law : Knight First Amendment Institute Website by Tierra Innovation. Webby People’s Voice Award for Law : Urban Justice Center by Superunion.

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How TikTok is emerging as an essential tool for migrant smugglers

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TikTok says the platform strictly prohibits human smuggling and reports such content to law enforcement. according to Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor at George Mason University focused on the migrant smuggling industry.

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