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Give Women The Right Not to Choose

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Human Givens, Equality, Women, Men's Movement, Mental Health, International Men's Day, Children, Care, Employment, Men, Work-Life Balance, Homo Economicus, Mothers, Teenagers, Hours, Education, Iwd, Work, Society, Technology, International Womens Day, Families, Quality of Life, Women News

Imagine now a world in which women -- and men -- had a right NOT to choose. Where they didn't have to choose between a fulfilling life at work AND a real, invested life at home.

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The Key To Empowerment On International Women's Day And Every Day

Helene D. Gayle | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Rina Begum, International Women's Day 2012, Bangladesh, Institute of Development Studies, Nepal, Care, Shouhardo, Global Motherhood, International Women's Day, Impact News

When I want to explain why empowering girls and women is critical to fighting poverty, I often tell a person's story. It's easier to relate to a perso...

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This Women's History Month, Change A Woman's Life

Joi Gordon | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Empowering Women, Women's History Month, Ms. Foundation for Women, Helping Women, Care, World Economic Forum, Women News

In honor of Women's History Month, join me in uplifting (at least) one deserving woman. Whether it's hiring, promoting, or mentoring, helping one woman will change her life.

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It's All About the Wedding: How Preventing Child Marriage Can Help Eradicate Poverty

Jeanne Faulkner | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Child Mortality, Care, Child Weddings, Child Marriage Poverty, Child Marriage, Preventing Child Marriage, Teen Girls Married, Girls Education, Impact News

When my daughter turns 12 next month she'll have a birthday cake and a slumber party, not a wedding cake and marriage. As an American girl, she's lucky to grow up in a culture where girls can choose who and when they'll marry.

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2 Years Later: How To Help In Haiti

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, Haiti Earthquake, Care, International Rescue Committee, Haiti, American Red Cross, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Progress, Mercy Corps, Unicef, Sean Penn, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam International, J/P HRO, Impact, Impact News

Two years after the devastating 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, lives and buildings are still far from restored. Although $4.6 billion has been c...

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Charities Working To Return Donations From $1 Million 'Anonymous' Hacking Scandal

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: George Friedman, Anonymous, Care, Anonymous Hack Scam, Melanie Pipkin, Anonymous Stratfor Hack, Computer Hacking, American Red Cross, Stratfor, Video, Impact News

Some of the charities that benefitted from a recent $1 million hacking scam are working to return the misappropriated funds, Philanthropy.com reports....

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Recycling 100 Tons of Hotel Soap to Keep Kids Healthier

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Uganda, Cnn, Care, Derreck Kayongo, Global Soap Project, Kenya, Video, Impact News

Have you ever wondered what happens to all those little bars of soap in hotels?

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For World Food Day And Beyond -- 5 Steps For Raising An Adventurous Eater

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Picky Eaters, GAIN Health, Global Mindset, Healthy Living Body, Million Moms Challenge, Millennium Development Goals, Care, Growing Up Global, Global Parenting, Food, Unicef, Parenting, World Food Day, Global Understanding, Global Giving, Parents News

Sunday was World Food Day and for many parents, our daily food challenge might be more on the order of getting our little ones to eat broccoli. I've found some simple strategies that help raise awareness about the world and also can nurture more adventurous eaters.

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Somalia: History, Humanity and Hope

Tomekia Lynn Strickland, M.D. | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Doctors Without Borders, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Somalia, Somalia Famine, Care, Bv-Life, East Africa Famine, Famine, Horn of Africa, Somalia Famine Aid, Horn of Africa Famine, Black Voices News

Learning of the famine in Somalia left me searching for a better understanding as to how the famine developed and how mass starvation could still exist in modern society.

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9/11 Widow Helps Afghan Widows Through Nonprofit

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Prois | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: The Impact of 9/12, Principle Pictures, Care, Beyond the 11th, 9/11, Beth Murphy, 9/11 Widows, Susan Retik, September 11 Anniversary, Video, Impact News

This story is part of the "The Impact of 9/12," series, which focuses on those who were inspired to give back after the tragedies of September 11, 200...

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Back to Bangladesh -- Day 2

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Dfid, Brac, Unfpa, Care, Erin Thornton, Impact News, Julie Smolyansky, Christy Turlington Burns, MDG 5, Chris Austin, Bangladesh, Maternal Health, Usaid, Heather Armstrong, Women News

Narshingdhi, in Bangladesh, is a community that has suffered the losses of too many women in pregnancy and so has organized itself to make a change.

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Back to Bangladesh -- Day 1

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Dfid, Brac, Fazle H. Abed, Care, Unfpa, Erin Thornton, Julie Smolyansky, Christy Turlington Burns, MDG 5, Chris Austin, Bangladesh, Maternal Health, Heather Armstrong, Usaid, Impact News

Given that Bangladesh is one of the countries in the world with the highest burden of maternal mortality rates, the latest news of significant improvement on that front gives me great hope.

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What Was That?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Coach, Care, Feedback, Dialogue Assessment, Listen, Wrong, Future, Marshall Goldsmith, Healthy Living News

The next time someone looks at you and says, "You're not listening," apologize. Just reply, "I am sorry. I will try to better in the future." How do to better? Start looking like you care.

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What International NGOs Do Marketing Right?

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, World Vision, Care, Zambia, Advertising, Crowdsourcing, Nonprofits, Nonprofit, Marketing, Campaign, Ngo, Impact News

It is really easy to point out how campaigns are wrong. The worst part of all of this is that I cannot come up with any real good example of something done well.

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Empowering Kenyan Women To Aim High On And Off The Field

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Sports, Women's Rights, Women, Care, Kenya, Sport for Social Change Initiative, Women in Sports, Peninah Nthenya Musyimi, Safe Spaces, Basketball, Women's Issues, Impact News

Growing up in the Kenyan slums, Peninah Nthenya Musyimi was surrounded by drugs, prostitution and dire poverty. Her childhood was "very difficult," sh...

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Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE USA, on Empowering Women and Girls Worldwide

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Helene Gayle, International Development, Usaid, Care, Ngos, Impact News

In a recent in-depth interview with Gayle, we discussed her advice to President Obama on foreign aid and future challenges and opportunities for the international development sector.

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The Black Community Crusade for Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children, Affordable Care Act, Care, Health, Child Watch Column, Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch, Reform, Impact News

New research found the vast majority of America's black community see poor black youths falling further behind. We must address what many of us believe is the worst crisis faced by millions of black children since slavery.

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Health Reform Under Attack

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children, Affordable Care Act, Care, Health, Child Watch Column, Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch, Repeal, Reform, Politics News

The health reform law is already helping children and families and stopping some of the most egregious abuses of health insurers. Why would any sensible person want to go backwards and take these protections away?

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Join My Village, From CARE and General Mills

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Join My Village, Care, Impact News

The humanitarian organization CARE and General Mills have created Join My Village, a web initiative that makes it easy for everyone to be a philanth...

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The Importance of Care in Business

Birute Regine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interconnectedness, Hunterdon Medical Center, Complex Systems, Care, Global Financial Crisis, Bermuda, Cio, Dot Com Bubble, Carenect, Business News

I once gave a talk about the important role care plays in the workplace. Once I used that word, "care," I had lost my audience. Who needs to care when you are king of the mountain?

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PHOTOS: How This Dress Helps End Child Marriage

StyleLikeU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photos, Stylelikeu, Care, Elisa Goodkind, Charity, One Dress Project, Slidepollajax, Fashion, Malcolm Harris, Style News

One Dress Project is a charity that benefits international humanitarian organizations working to prevent the sale of young women across the globe into marriage slavery, a fate that befalls an estimated 60 million girls.

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A New Decade for Women-Focused Philanthropy

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malaak Compton-Rock, Dining for Women, Marsha Wallace, BOMA Fund, Vital Voices Global Partnership, Women for Women International, Care, International Women's Day, Heifer International, Nicholas Kristof, Impact News

Women-focused philanthropy is more than just a trend; over the past several years, it has become one of the most important models for creating tangible results in communities.

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Creating Real, Sustainable Community Change

Helene D. Gayle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CARE Action Network, Clean Water, Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act, HansOn Network, Care, Get HandsOn Campaign, Impact News

All of us collectively bear a responsibility to give of our time and talents to work together to make our cities, our country and, indeed, our world, a better place for us all.

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Help CARE Feed People

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Care, Thanksgiving, Impact News

Thanksgiving is a big deal here in the US, but in places like Niger that suffered a significant food crisis last spring, millions of people are going...

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Support the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act

Lindsey Horvath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls, Women's Rights, Care, Child Marriage, Feminist, Feminism, Marriage, Children, Unicef, Human Trafficking, World News

When girls are regarded as little more than property to be transferred from one family to another through marriage, they are often violated physically and sexually by their soon-to-be husbands and family.

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