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Half the Sky: Building a Movement Through Media & Technology

Posted by  on Monday, April 29th 2013     
USAID joins Half the Sky, the Ford Foundation, Show of Force, and Games for Change to launch the Half the Sky Movement Media & Technology Engagement Initiative, an integrated media campaign to create behavior change toward gender issues in India and Kenya. Photo credit: Half the Sky

USAID joins Half the Sky, the Ford Foundation, Show of Force, and Games for Change to launch the Half the Sky Movement Media & Technology Engagement Initiative, an integrated media campaign to create behavior change toward gender issues in India and Kenya. Read more >>

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The Journey Towards “Cash Light”

Posted by  on Tuesday, September 25th 2012     

Around the world, 2.5 billion people lack access to formal financial services. As a result, most poor households live almost entirely in a cash economy. Read more >>

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The Power of Storytelling

Posted by  on Monday, September 24th 2012     
Photo: Bita Rodrigues, USAID/Mozambique “I have been able to build a cement house with my income and provide for my children and extended family with food, clothes, and school.”

Working in international development and public health for more than three decades, I have visited numerous poverty fighting programs in some of the poorest communities in the world. Read more >>

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Visa Joins Global Partnership

Posted by  on Monday, September 24th 2012     
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Today, Visa joins with six partners from government, the private sector and the international development community to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance. Read more >>

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