Does Social Innovation Actually Drive Gender Equity?
David McGintyPalladium International
Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform
Andy CurrierLandesa
How a smallholder agricultural revolution could be an antidote to instability and insurgencies. @BabbanGona
How Babban Gona Turns Potential Fighters into Productive Farmers - Skoll.org
Babban Gona starts by cultivating that core element of grassroots leadership, the foundation of trust upon which any thriving co-operative depends.
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For 15 years—before the term "impact investing" was even coined—@jeffskoll has been investing in companies driving sustainable change. “We’re quite proud to have been one of the originals in the movement," says @ionyad in @Forbes
One Of Impact Investing‘s Earliest Proponents, Jeff Skoll Invests Big Money To Combat Climate Change
Jeff Skoll built a multibillion dollar fortune as eBay‘s first president. Since leaving eBay in 2001, he has spent nearly all of his time trying...
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In a conversation with @Salon, Bryan Stevenson explains why the work of eliminating racism, discrimination and bigotry in the United States is just beginning.
Lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson on building racial justice: “...
Best-selling author on his new YA book on justice and Alabama's new museum on enslavement and incarceration
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Why is it so important to educate girls, and how are we doing in our pledge to support 1 million adolescent girls in just 5 years? Find the answers in this video & please RT! #GirlsEdu4 #GlobalGoals
#ClimateChange is a woman's issue. This is how women and girls are both impacted and responding: via @UN_Women
Photo essay: Climate change is a women’s issue
Climate change affects everyone, but it’s the world’s most vulnerable who bear the brunt of environmental, economic and social shocks.
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In his recent post, @Water Co-founder Gary White explains how small, affordable loans could accelerate an end to the global water crisis and give the freedom of safe water and sanitation to millions. Read it here:
How to Spend a Billion Bucks? The Global Water Crisis - Skoll.org
How would you spend a billion dollars? Gary White knows what he will do. The Water.org CEO and co-founder says his organization has reached the $1 bil...
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#SkollWF was featured as one of the 5 most inspiring social impact gatherings! "The city of Oxford is transformed for a week when social entrepreneurs from around the world make their way to the Skoll World Forum." Apply:
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Skoll World Forum delegates are active participants in a global Skoll community dedicated to large-scale social change. Each year, we bring new delega...
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"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. And lighting that fire early is a huge leg-up for any child.” via @KelseyTuoc
Early childhood education yields big benefits — just not the ones you think
Any academic boost from preschool fades out after a few years. Surprisingly, it still has lifelong effects.
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How did @VillageReach manage to reach so many people in DRC during last year's Ebola outbreak? A few key lessons: partnering with the govt, building strong systems, replication.
Routine Health Care in the Time of Ebola (SSIR)
An organization’s response to a wide-scale Ebola outbreak provides six lessons in sustainable impact for NGO leaders.
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Reaching smallholder farmers in rural areas takes a nuanced combination of appropriate innovations, sophisticated distribution systems, and a human touch. Luckily, organizations like @OneAcreFund are making it happen.
Distribution Is The Real Disruption: Transformative Tech For Africa's Farmers
"All the technologies we need to eradicate poverty and global hunger in our lifetime already exist." Reflections from Ilana Kessler, Impact Ventures G...
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Kenya's @dailynation addresses the critical role of #communityhealth workers, including those supported by Living Goods, and how they are bridging healthcare gaps by providing lifesaving primary care in Kisii County. https://t.co/6rigcgzgdl
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Named as one of the world's most inspirational women, Angeline Murimirwa works to educate and empower poor girls in Africa. She was once one of those girls. @Camfed @NPRGoatsandSoda
She Was Too Poor To Stay In School. Now She's An Inspiration To Rihanna
Angeline Murimirwa is lauded as one of the world's most influential women for her work with a charity that gives scholarships to poor girls in Africa....
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We know that innovation has the power to transform the lives of women and girls—deepening their self-confidence and enabling them to catalyze change for others—but how do we ensure that they’re not left behind? @SpringAccel
Does Social Innovation Actually Drive Gender Equity? - Skoll.org
No one wants to look back on their social investments to realize that zealousness for new technologies resulted in more girls being left outside or be...
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"Child marriage is a truly global issue–it cuts across countries, religions, and cultures. There isn’t a region in the world that isn’t affected by this harmful practice." #EndChildMarriage https://t.co/VcVl6lj7iX
