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Achieving Global Gender Equality: Men in Support of Women

Peter Buffett | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Female Empowerment, Clinton Global Initiative, Girls Not Brides, Martin Luther King Jr, Masculinity, A Call to Men, Gender, Ted Bunch, Desmond Tutu, Girls and Women, NoVo Foundation, Impact News
Peter Buffett

Men must be called upon not to act "on behalf of" women, but to support women to have more power to act on behalf of themselves.

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Wangari Maathai: A Dream of Trees

Jennifer Buffett | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Green Belt Movement, Nobel Peace Prize, National Council of Women of Kenya, NoVo Foundation, Spirit: The 7th Fire, Wendell Berry, Africa, The Peace of Wild Things, Ojibwe, Kenya, Wangari Maathai, World News
Jennifer Buffett

In formally establishing the Green Belt Movement in 1977, Wangari was wise enough to see that for the disempowered, planting trees was in fact a radical act of self-assertion, a method of laying claim to the life-giving power of one small corner of the Earth.

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Let's End Child Marriage in a Generation

Jennifer Buffett | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Clinton Global Initiative, Girls Not Brides, The Elders, Ford Foundation, Child Marriage, International Development, Nike Foundation, Womens Rights, NoVo Foundation, Women News
Jennifer Buffett

On a learning trip to Ethiopia, where 49 percent of girls are married before they are 18, I came face to face with one of the biggest challenges that holds back the world's female population and keeps countries mired in poverty: child marriage.

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The Nike Foundation On Unleashing The 'Girl Effect'

Rahim Kanani | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Girl Effect, International Development, Peter Buffett, Maria Eitel, Women and Girls, Nike Foundation, Jennifer Buffett, NoVo Foundation, Advocacy, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Maria Eitel is the founding President and CEO of the Nike Foundation where she works to unleash the girl effect, the unique potential of 600 million adolescent girls.

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Investing In The 'Undervalued Assets' Of Women And Girls

Rahim Kanani | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Women's Rights, Pamela Shifman, Human Rights, Warren Buffett, International Development, Peter Buffett, Jennifer Buffett, Women and Girls, NoVo Foundation, Women's Empowerment, White House Womens Rights, Obama Womens Rights, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

Pamela Shifman, Director of Initiatives for Women and Girls at the NoVo Foundation, discusses the status of women, philanthropic investment, her advice to President Obama, and much more.

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A New Kind of Investing: The Philanthropy Secretariat in Liberia

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Change, Social Impact, Daphne Foundation, Global Philanthropy Forum, Poverty, Trust Africa, War, Liberia, Philanthropy Secretariat, Open Society Institute, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Investors, NoVo Foundation, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Clinton Global Initiative, Humanity-United, World Affairs Council, Donors, Mccall-Macbain, Fundraising, Development, World News
Rahim Kanani

After 14 years of civil war, Liberia's democracy is just beginning to turn a new page, and a group of strategic international philanthropists are hoping to play a role in catalyzing that process.

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Peter Buffett and Angelique Kidjo Release Single to Support Girls in Africa

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benin, Celebs Gone Good, Batonga Foundation, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, World Bank, Omaha, Bono, Girls, Asia, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Warren Buffet, IsThereSomethingICanDo.Com, Human Trafficking, Ethiopia, Alexandria, Jim Luce, Mobile Phone, YourCause.Com, Yoruba, Technology, Swahili, Barcelona, Malaika, Philanthropy, Life Is What You Make It, Connectivity, Angelique Kidjo, Peter Buffett, Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, Mali, Ning, Kenya, Egypt, United Nations, Native Americans, Dar Es Salaam, Thought Leaders, Random House, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Paris, Girl Effect, Cellular Connectivity, Melinda Gates, West Africa, Tanzania, U.N. Day Concert, Earth Institute, Cameroon, Bill Clinton, Do Something, Africa, Bill Gates, Kofi Annan, Blood Into Gold, Facebook, Rockefeller Foundation, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Haiti, New York City, Charity, Cell Phone Technology, Artist, A Song for Everyone, Ann Veneman, Gates Foundation, Composer, World News
Jim Luce

I have been trying to interview Emmy Award-winning composer/philanthropist Peter Buffett for two years. I wrote about Grammy Award-winning UNICEF G...

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