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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. Read more >>

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Securing a Better Future Means Knowing Your Past

Posted by  on Wednesday, March 27th 2013     

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, I think about the millions of women and girls who hold up half the sky but feel invisible and trapped due to poverty, illiteracy, disease, abuse and other forms of marginalization and deprivation

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Mobile Games Bring Social Change to Developing Worlds

Posted by  on Friday, November 16th 2012     

The Half the Sky Movement is excited to announce the release of three mobile phone games in India and Kenya. Read more >>

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Ford Foundation Event Celebrates Premieres of Half the Sky and Women and Girls Lead Global

Posted by  on Thursday, September 27th 2012     

Amid the hubbub of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, some 250 distinguished guests crowded the towering atrium of the Ford Foundation on Monday evening to celebrate the impending Independent Lens broadcast of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

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The Power of Storytelling

Posted by  on Thursday, September 13th 2012     

Storytelling is a powerful tool. It can raise awareness, build compassion, encourage thinking, and motivate action. That was the vision behind Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity. Read more >>

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