Mohammad Yunus

Man Linked To Times Square Bomber Pleads Guilty

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 10.18.2011

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NEW YORK — A Long Island businessman pleaded guilty Thursday to an illegal banking charge, admitting that he unwittingly provided $7,000 to a Co...

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Andrea Stone

Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Wants To Put 'Social' In 'Business' To Help Poor

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 10.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Nobel Peace Prize winner who invented microcredit presented his latest idea for combating poverty, "social business," to the State D...

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Honoring All Women On Mother's Day

Jane D. Wurwand | Posted 07.03.2011

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Jane D. Wurwand

joinFITE.org (Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship) is a new microlending website by Kiva.org to benefit women entrepreneurs in low income areas of the U.S. and 56 other countries.

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A Global View of Women

Christine Bork | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine Bork

The status of women's economic health around the globe is slowly improving. As a small group of people in Chicago, it might seem like there isn't much we can do to help move this global issue forward.

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Self-Help Groups: A Powerful Alternative to Traditional Microfinance

Michaela Haas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michaela Haas

Lotus Outreach is working to transform impoverished communities from the inside out.

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Creating Change in the Midst of Crisis: Re-thinking Our Values

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

In past years at Davos, I often found myself in early morning optional sessions on social responsibility, in small rooms on the third floor of the c...

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Mohammad Yunus: US troops Shoot And Kill Afghan Cleric

AP | KIM GAMEL and AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — U.S. soldiers shot and killed an Afghan cleric as he drove Thursday with his young son near an American base on the eastern edge of Kabu...

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Pro Mujer: Journey Towards Women's Empowerment In Latin America

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Health, Sexual Health, Peru, Carmen Velasco, Communal Association, Women?S Health, Argentina, Barrios, Pro Mujer, Mohammad Yunus, Lynne Patterson, Self-Sufficiency, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Racism, Machismo, Discrimination, Classism, Family, Women, Poverty, Barbara Magnoni, Latin America, Mexico, Potential-Realization, Cycle of Poverty, Nicaragua, Peruvian Ministry of Education, Human Rights, Bangladesh, Counseling., Bolivia, Cervical Cancer, Reproductive Health., Childhood Education, Latino Culture, Domestic Violence, World News
Jim Luce

Pro Mujer is helping some of the poorest women in Latin America to increase their income, develop their full potential, and claim their basic human rights, enabling them to become agents of change.

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