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...State Hillary Clinton made a point of visiting women’s organizations and talking with women about their lives during her summer trips to India and Africa. When she addressed members of SEWA in Mumbai in July, she noted, “We simply will not make progress in our world if we leave women behind.” As both Clinton and noted New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof emphasize, the world must pay attention to the well-being of half of the world’s population for society to effectively fight against its fundamental problems...
...show that there has been a - for lack of a better term, kind of Obama effect - that includes both of you - and that in some ways you started talking about, early on, this very American idea of doing well by doing good: green industry, the idea that principles and progress are not mutually exclusive. In some way, you've both been an endorsement of this and a beneficiary of it. The President: Our campaign was an example...
...help build a business in a developing country, try peer-to-peer lending. Kiva.org started the trend, which lets you lend as little as $25 to the entrepreneur of your choosing and track the recipient's progress online. Now there are specialized sites like Wokai.org, which provides microloans in rural China. Wokai is Mandarin for "I start...
...Another new tool aims to break world-changing action into its tiniest subparts. IfWeRantheWorld.com, which expects to launch this fall, encourages you to dream big - end poverty! cure cancer! - and then helps come up with small, specific ways you can help achieve progress in those areas...
Under the auspices of Perry S. Hewitt ’87, Director of Digital Communications and Communications Services (long title = important), the Gazette has completely redesigned its print publication and website. The snazzy new site boasts increased multimedia content (again, media progress, not media catastrophe) including photography slide shows, audio, video, and an event calendar...