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Ground-Breaking Work in Somalia - A Report
Somalia is again in the news and, as the executive director of an organization with significant “stakes” in ‘the horn’, I feel I need to provide an overview of the great work HRI and…
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Iraqi Refugees and Prostitution
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A good election to lose?
The prospect of a Europhobic, economically confused, anti-immigrant, privilege-defending Tory government led by a lightweight PR man is soul-destroying. But as disheartening as it now seems, this…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day in Kigali!
March 8, 2010
Kigali, Rwanda
I’m here visiting Kigali with SHE founder Elizabeth Scharpf. We were lucky to arrive here just in time to celebrate International Women’s Day…
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March 10, 2010 at 10:32 Permalink∞
Community Events For Low-income Kids
I live in a small mobile-home community . The people here have very low incomes. The children have nowhere to go and nothing to do.
With the help of others in the community, I put on events for…
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Some big development brains ask ‘what’s next?’
The Institute for Development Studies is a Good Thing. Located on the brutal 60s campus of the
it looks better in sunshine….
University of Sussex near Brighton, its gurus…
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March 10, 2010 at 9:54 Permalink∞
Le W8 en mission – santé et éducation pour tous !
Le W8, un groupe de 8 grandes militantes de la santé et de l’éducation universelles, originaires des quatre coins du monde, ont une mission: promouvoir la santé et l’éducation pour tous.
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TV Show + Nonprofit = Big Thanks!
On most Tuesday nights, you can find me and my daughter on the couch watching our favorite TV show – Biggest Loser. We love watching people working hard to meet their goals. If you’re unfamiliar…
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Is Uganda a good place to be gay?
I’m always amazed by how much people share with me when all I’ve done is ask. But when I went to Uganda a month ago, I was especially astounded. At a time when an anti-homosexuality bill threatens…
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China: Proposed regulations on Internet Cafes
This year, members of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) have put forward a number of suggestions regarding legislation on regulation…
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Coping With Complexity
saraswati, hindu goddess of knowledge, creativity and openness (image online, uncredited)
Some recent comments from readers of my First Principles post led me to revisit one of the…
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Poland: Ryszard Kapuściński - Fiction or ‘Non-Fiction'?
Not only the Polish social media are discussing this one! A discussion of the newest book about the life and work of journalist Ryszard Kapuściński, written by Artur Domosławski, has reached the…
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Surviving Dysfunctionality in a Fierce New World: DAWN on Beijing+15
On the occasion of Beijing+15 going on currently as part of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), a GFW grantee that’s a network of…
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Pushing Back Against the Methane Tipping Point
A piece in the latest issue of Science shows that there’s a considerable amount of methane (CH4) coming from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, where it had been trapped under the…
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