Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

The program guides environmental project managers through a series of step-by-step interview wizards similar to the popular TurboTax program. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Along with earning her PhD (she is credited as the first woman in East and Central Africa to do so), Maathai taught at the university level, worked in the Kenya government, and founded the Greenbelt Movement.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 8, 2007

Hong Kong: Anson Chan, the highest-ranking woman to serve in Hong Kong's Government, who is campaigning for universal suffrage in Hong Kong. Liberia: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, and Africa's first elected female head of state.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. I just saw a remarkable film made about a grantee organization that the Global Fund had supported for many years in Liberia. BB: You do a lot of interviews.

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