“Today’s woman of Afghanistan is not yesterday’s. She is knowledgeable, educated and independent, and she is in the minority”

After the member of parliament (MP) from Afghanistan uttered these words at the recent conference on gender and politics at the UK Houses of Parliament, she went on to articulate that even though she holds public office, she is not as empowered as her male colleagues, nor does she have the same influence as they do in Afghanistan’s legislative process. She…

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On September 22 for three days, I attended the Social Good Summit (SGS) sponsored by Mashable, United Nations Foundation, 92Y, Ericsson, UNDP, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  The global conversation was truly global in every sense.  All the panels were live streamed throughout the world, and translated in several  languages as you can see in this picture below.…

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Many people including women leaders and social workers are excited about women empowerment in development and under developed country. It is true that in those countries, there have been created…

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Worldwide invitation to join VOICES OF WOMEN (VOW-TV)

@ http://voicesofwomenworldwide-vowwtv.ning.com/

 

We launched "VOICES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE" & VOWW-TV  website on…

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An appeal to the Development Agencies world Over

 

We are Capacity Building & Development. We are an organization into facilitation of jobs for the job seekers across the world.We have a reach that spans 103 countries in the world. Almost 37% of the traffic for the site is from India and almost 17% from USA.Our reach in Asia is almost 65% of our traffic.Middle East  contributes to about 15%.

 

We have been regularly posting jobs based…

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The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. --Brian Tracy



Mirakle Couriers: Delivering Possibilities:

Mirakles do happen!

By Indira Gartenberg



A courier service entirely run and staffed by the hearing-impaired? Is it a workable idea? Here's the remarkable story of just such a service surviving against all… Continue

Human Resources Vs Human Refugees (HR)



I am designing a new module to plug and play into my On-Line Credit Card CRM system which will "manage" refugee's, there is a large un-tapped resource that can used for the good of a country instead of criticing them. lets use them to grow the country!



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Mike Shraga

Increasing Customer Service With Systems Technology…

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Turning Garbage into Fortune

Cited from KMBI web, a success story of entrepreneurship with microfinance as an enabling vehicle.

http://www.kmbi.org.ph/storiesview.php?ID=7





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Waste disposal is a chronic problem in our society. And most solutions have been to look for a wide area where to dump everybody’s garbage, not giving regard to the possible health hazards it may bring the populace in the area. A modest citizen, in the persona of Anita Consuegra,… Continue

JOBS FOR ALL

Cited from our partner organization's web.

Emilia Manaloto is a microfinance client, and a success story of grassroot entrepreneurship...



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Behind Emilia Manaloto's innocent countenance is a shrewd businesswoman. Only 29 years old, Emy is managing a business that employs 12 workers and earns P24,000 ($392) every week. That in itself may not be much compared to other businesses, but then she is only a high school graduate, a mother of five and… Continue

Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life from which he cannot be separated. --Albert Schweitzer



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Mike Shraga

Increasing Customer Service With Systems Technology…

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I had to find a title that didn't overly criticize international businesses but the point that has to be made is that trade in itself does not empower business. That was the concept that organisations like Fair trdae addressed in their beginnings, but the lure of money has skewed best intentions.



To empower local communities through businesses and trade activities requires such a open and often vulnerable stance most companies will not take the chance. That is why we have so many… Continue

As I am basically finished writing my thesis, I would like to introduce some papers that I found interesting and insightful.



This first on is “Village Pay Phones and Poverty Reduction: Insights from a Grameen Bank Initiative in Bangladesh” and is actually a classic. It was written by Abdul Bayes (Professor of Economics, Jahangimagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh), Joachim von Braun (Director at the Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany) and Rasheda… Continue