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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

Candid

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The media was trusted in nine nations and distrusted in 15, while government was trusted in eight nations and distrusted in 17.

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Stick To Our Knitting? What Is TechSoup?

Tech Soup

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c) Images: Image : mirtmirt / Shutterstock.

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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

And the government of Bangladesh announced plans for a nationwide mobile payments system by early 2018.This BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India. Biometric data to enable government benefit transfers. 1,171,000,000. Microfinance, in all its forms, to increase access.

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Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

Connection Cafe

Pulling together the facts, figures and stories that tell us where progress is being made and where it is lagging, we believe we will be better able to inspire real change and firm commitments from governments to really change the laws and policies and budget decisions that hold girls and women back. .

Global 28
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How a Multi-Sectoral Partnership is Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

Connection Cafe

Pulling together the facts, figures and stories that tell us where progress is being made and where it is lagging, we believe we will be better able to inspire real change and firm commitments from governments to really change the laws and policies and budget decisions that hold girls and women back. .

Global 28
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Lessons on Policymakers, Gender Equality, and Data

Connection Cafe

Last week at the United Nations General Assembly , Equal Measures 2030 launched a multi-country policymaker survey that explored perceptions of progress on gender-related issues and access to and use of data to inform decisions. Gender issues were not considered a priority in all areas of policymaking.

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The topic of data is a geeky subject, but exciting because in this era of big data and networks, our collective capacity for problem solving has never been greater. Data is transparent because of social media, data visualization, and open data from governments – all helping us to usher a remarkable period in human history.