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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Just three years ago, negotiators from around the world converged on Marrakesh, Morocco, to hash out a final deal. It was highly controversial.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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The year before that, women in Morocco won an amazing change in the law. Until then, women had been considered minors under the law. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? For others, I think it is thinking about making contributions. It hasn't happened in Latin America's history.

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