Does Social Innovation Actually Drive Gender Equity?
David McGintyPalladium International
Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform
Andy CurrierLandesa
At #WeTheFuture, we heard from 13 amazing speakers who are dreaming up new ways to expand the possible and build a better world. See @TEDTalks' full recap:
We the Future: Talks from TED, Skoll Foundation and UN Foundation
At “We the Future,” a day of talks at the TED World Theater presented in collaboration with Skoll Foundation and UN Foundation, 13 speaker...
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Can we build a prosperous world without wrecking the planet?
5 transformational policies for a prosperous and sustainable world
In a talk about how we can build a robust future without wrecking the planet, sustainability expert Johan Rockström debuts the Earth3 model -- a new ...
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This week we launched a film on our work with schools in #Bangladesh. As well as promoting #handwashing to 4 million children, we worked with the education system & communities to enable lasting change. Here's how: https://t.co/s0a0vqRWzk @DFID_UK @PlanUK @lifebuoysoap @Unilever
Evidence of emerging appetite for contracting on outcomes in #education @IBoggildJones @EGWBrookings #Impactbonds via @BrookingsInst thanks @SkollFoundation
A landmark month for impact bonds in education
Two new innovative financing deals have the potential to transform educational outcomes in India and early childhood development in South Africa.
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12 participants from 11 countries took part in the Global Legal Empowerment Network's learning exchange on #citizenship rights. We learned, shared, and crossed borders to grow the movement for legal empowerment. Check out highlights here: https://t.co/Qp5k8WzO9k
The biggest health crisis you've never heard of? Untreated vision problems. Without proper eyesight it's a lot harder to learn, work, or fly a plane—as 12-year-old Shivam dreams of doing. But the solution is remarkably simple: 👓 @VisionSpring
A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: Eyeglasses
It‘s the biggest health crisis you‘ve never heard of. Doctors, philanthropists and companies are trying to solve it.
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"If we want to spare our children from the ever-worsening effects of #climatechange, we have less than 12 years left," writes @CeresNews CEO @MindyLubber
We Must Be "All Hands On Deck" When It Comes To Climate Change
If we want to spare our children and grandchildren across the world from the ever-worsening effects of climate change, we have less than 12 years left...
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“One of the best ways of fighting your deportation case, or making a claim for asylum...is to actually have documentation of what happens when ICE shows up at your door"- @PaliMakam in @guardian on our video training for immigrant communities in the U.S.
'Resistance zone': the neighborhood where people train to confront Ice
In Philadelphia, immigrant rights group Juntos deemed part of the city a ‘zone’ where community members learn what they should do if Ice c...
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1/ Inspired by his grandfather, a poor farmer in South Dakota, social entrepreneur Kola Masha set out to use economies of scale to help lift young Nigerians out of poverty by through @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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Important report released by @mic_global underscores what most Americans know: that our greatness lies in values we share; now we must turn the exhausted majority into the engaged citizenry we are! @hiddentribesUS
Hidden Tribes of America
The Hidden Tribes of America is a year-long project launched by More in Common to better understand the forces that drive political polarization and t...
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"Women, men, and communities across the Global South can’t wait for funding pledges to be fulfilled, much less, for global mitigation efforts to take hold." For smallholder farmers, #climateaction has to happen now. @Landesa_Global
Food Security and Climate Resilience Require Land Rights Reform - Skoll.org
Under the right conditions, smallholder farmers—who are at the forefront of climate risks—are not powerless to adapt to the changing realities
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On April 9-12 in Oxford, the 2019 Skoll World Forum will celebrate the convergence of social entrepreneurs & innovators in furthering global social progress. Apply to attend #SkollWF here:
Apply to Attend - Skoll.org
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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New #CHWimpact report harnesses practitioner expertise to optimize Community Health Systems. #CHWs can contribute to #UHC, #GlobalGoals but only if they are set up for success. https://t.co/G6uYPxfH7z
How a smallholder agricultural revolution could be an antidote to instability and insurgencies. @BabbanGona #EndPoverty https://t.co/b3vu3SOgPE
.@PIH co-founder Paul Farmer has made the lives of the poor the fight of his life. "To be horrified by inequality and early death and not have any kind of plan for responding — that would not work for me."
Harvard’s Paul Farmer on traveling the world to fight inequality in health
In the Experience series, Paul Farmer talks Partners In Health, "Harvard-Haiti," and making the lives of the poor the fight of his life.
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