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Indian Philanthropy Forum 2013 Focuses on Adolescent Girls, USAID
The 4th annual Indian Philanthropy Forum by Dasra, as usual, brought together philanthropists and investors to discuss trending social issues in India today and brainstorm effective ways of engagement with the social and social enterprise sectors. This year a salient theme emerged through every session: the empowerment of adolescent girls.
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Innovation Forward and Backward: BRAC adapts its microcredit model to water, sanitation and hygiene
Innovators often focus on things that are radically new, when it’s sometimes preferable to adapt proven concepts to new spaces. BRAC has long been helping people in BoP communities form village organizations to obtain microcredit. Now it has applied this model to the problems of water, sanitation and hygiene through the WASH program. Babar Kabir, senior director of the program, explains its approach.
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NexThought Monday – Nutrients for All: Thriving ecosystems for productive, resilient food systems
Natural ecosystems ensure that vital nutrients flow from soils to food to people. Thriving ecosystems are the bedrock of healthy nutrient chains, the basis of all life on the planet. But human activity like unsustainable agricultural practices is threatening ecosystems around the world. Escalating stress on ecosystems increases the impact of climate change, and limits the availability of nutrient-enabling resources like water, topsoil and biodiversity. But though the issues are dire, there are solutions.
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Weekly Roundup (3/9/13): Moving Closer to Financial Equality: Reflecting on International Women’s Day
Over the last couple of days NextBillion has been a platform for women with some important, concrete ideas on increasing financial inclusion and bridging the gender gap. These women leaders are illuminating not only the barriers to financial inclusion for women, but the ways over, around or under them.
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In Honor of International Women’s Day, We Celebrate Women as Leaders : The Citi Foundation and Women’s World Banking team up to expand the Women in Leadership Program
The Citi Foundation and Women’s World Banking have joined together to increase the number of women leaders trained through the Women in Leadership Program. This year, we will focus on 40 high-potential leaders in South Asia and the Middle East/North Africa.
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“The Female Sanitary Revolution”: Disruptive innovations break taboos to promote women’s health
Every 28 days across the globe, half the world’s population menstruates. This presents a major challenge for millions of girls and women in BoP countries who can’t afford sanitary napkins. Cheaper alternatives like newspaper or rags are ineffective and unhygienic, often leading to health risks and absences at school or work. Fortunately, new innovations promise to lower prices and revolutionize female sanitation at the BoP.
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- Health Care
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Rising Entrepreneurs: New research on reversing underinvestment in women-led Business in Latin America
An innovative research study that analyzes the underlying problems of underinvestment in women-led enterprise led by Value for Women, in partnership with the Aspen Development Network, Cherie Blair Foundation and ING. The research, set for publication in April, is motivated by the fact that in Latin America there are significantly less fewer women entrepreneurs than men.
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- Education
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February’s ‘NextBillies’ : The most-read, most shared posts for February
Welcome once again to the “NextBillies,” our monthly awards recognizing the most-read and most-discussed posts on NextBillion from the previous month. Unfortunately, we have no trophies, no Oscar-like awards to hand out, and no black tie optional gala. On the upside, we offer something far superior to our winners: Deep and abiding appreciation for their efforts. And isn’t that better than some chintzy trophy or glitzy after-party?
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