Boot camp builds tech networks in Southeast Asia

March 16, 2015

A third of individuals in Asia are using the Internet, and mobile technology is on the rise. At a regional TechCamp, Southeast Asian civil society activists gained the skills and knowledge to spread the technology for development revolution on the ground and online....
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International Women’s Day 2015

March 8, 2015

When Charito Kruvant and three other women founded Creative in 1977, they knew women could be part of positive change no matter what country they lived in. On International Women’s Day 2015, Charito talks about how Creative has never given up on its quest to empower women as active participants in their schools, communities and economies. ...
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Experts: Mideast youth radicalism is “public health crisis”

January 16, 2015

In refugee camps across Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and other countries, more than 3 million Syrians live in limbo. Especially for those in their teens and twenties, their life plans—education, careers, marriages and families—are suspended while a violent civil war at home rages into its fourth year....
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Ownership the key to post-2015 development

December 11, 2014

As the Millennium Development Goals end, today’s development practitioners must chart new goals that capitalize on programmatic successes, improve shortcomings and take into account markedly different realities on the ground, according to a panel of experts....
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Active learning revitalizes Yemeni curriculum

December 9, 2014

Sanaa, Yemen—Real learning happens when a child can interact with a concept and truly understand it firsthand. Rote memorization and lectures crammed with information have proven to be ineffective. Unfortunately, these teaching methods have been standard practice in Yemen for years....
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