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The Silver Lining Beneath Fashion’s Dirty Supply Chains: Three innovative solutions to the industry’s sustainability problem
It's Fashion Week in New York and consumers across the globe increasingly care about whether their clothes are ethically produced. Yet, most likely, the clothes you're wearing come from a sweatshop. But could there be silver lining under fashion's dirty garments? Absolutely.
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- Uncategorized
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- employment, manufacturing
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NexThought Monday – Tapping the Potential of the World’s Largest Minority: Two keys to boosting employment for 70 million disabled people in India
After spending three months analyzing ongoing efforts to increase employment for people with disabilities at the base of the pyramid in India, the author saw two main problems: no collective goals have been established and there’s a lack of transparent impact data demonstrating the economic and social outcomes.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Search for Ever Cheaper Garment Factories Leads to Africa
At the Radisson Blu hotel here last year, a senior fashion executive met with several of his top Asian apparel suppliers. His plea: Open for business in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment
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Fighting poverty by helping find jobs
Dedicated to connecting the right job seeker with the right employer in this unstructured segment, Bengaluru-based start-up babajob.com uses the internet, mobile apps and a variety of other routes.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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India’s Skills Training Maze : Why the country needs strong certification standards
Access to skills training is important, but the quality of the training is proving even more critical to the success of students. Without strong quality benchmarks, both employers and students will quickly lose trust in the skills development ecosystem, jeopardizing a widespread vision of a skilled India.
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- Education
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The Healthy State of Medical Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Well-known as a destination for experiencing some of the world’s most breathtaking natural assets, the Sub-Saharan African region is making progress in staking a larger claim to the multibillion dollar medical tourism industry and is the fastest growing region for wellness tourism.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment
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Assured Labor Raises $6.75M, Has Connected Workers With 100K Jobs In Latin America’s Informal Sector
Long before LinkedIn went public or before a plethora of on-demand startups began washing the Bay Area and other U.S. cities with services at the click of a button, there was this startup from an MIT grad called Assured Labor.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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- employment
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PRESS RELEASE: MasterCard Foundation and Technoserve Announce New Phase of African Youth Entrepreneurship Program
The MasterCard Foundation and TechnoServe are announcing today a five-year, $25.9 million partnership to generate increased income and economic opportunities for 48,000 young people in rural East Africa.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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