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10 Things I Learned At Skoll World Forum 2013
The 10th annual Skoll World Forum, which brought together several hundred of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs to Oxford, wrapped up last week.
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Building A Cell Phone That Doesn’t Kill People
Bas van Abel leads an innovative electronics company. But, unlike Apple or Samsung, he’s not particularly interested in the latest voice activation or finger-swiping technology.
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In Turkey, Economic Opportunities for Women Coincide With More Domestic Abuse
In Turkey, a fast-changing society has brought new opportunities for women, but also increased domestic abuse.
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What the NHS can learn from innovative healthcare practices abroad
From clinical services to specialised care, there are many models of affordable healthcare.
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Three Things Governments Should Do For Social Entrepreneurship
Today, Europe’s leaders are discussing a $1,000 bn budget framework for the EU, and for the first time, there are budget lines for social entrepreneurship – although you may have to find them with a very large magnifying glass.
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Unilever’s Hygiene Brand Domestos To Break Taboo Of The Loo
LONDON And ROTTERDAM, Nov. 19 /CSRwire/ - Unilever, through its leading hygiene brand Domestos, today – World Toilet Day - announced new initiatives to raise awareness for the global sanitation crisis. ‘Toilets for Health’, a white paper by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Domestos, gives new insights in the sanitation crisis.
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GlaxoSmithKline opens door on data in bid to aid discovery of medicines
British drugs company releases findings of clinical trials and announces new effort to find tropical disease cures
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Kyrgyzstan’s Leading Microfinance Institution, Bai Tushum, Becomes A Bank
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 5, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On September 26 microfinance company Bai Tushum and Partners received preliminary permission from the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic to operate as a bank.
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