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Technology's reach fosters global dialogue on development,
health The recent
Social Good Summit discussed how technology can foster dialogue on sustainable
development and disseminate health information, writes John Sinden. "Not only is
mobile technology readily available to most of the world’s citizens, but the
technology also exists to shift the tide from traditional modes of reactive
giving to preventative modes, such as texting health information to mothers
living in underdeveloped or dangerous regions," he writes. The InterDependent
(10/21)
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"As of last
week, there were 3.1 million children are affected by the conflict inside Syria
and over 1 million children are now registered as refugees. This is about half
the number of refugees and conflict-affected in total." UN Dispatch (10/22)
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Afghan women seek to maintain progress after NATO troops
leave Donors and aid
groups in Afghanistan are working to help women continue to progress after NATO
troops leave the country in 2014. Women need to be taught "political survival
skills, namely in how to become pragmatic advocates rather than flag-waving
rights activists," says Saeed Parto, research director with the Afghanistan
Public Policy Research Organization. Devex.com (free registration)
(10/23)
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UN climate change deal could come from U.S., China
Increased air
pollution in China and reduced carbon emissions in the U.S. may provide the
impetus needed to create a global climate change pact at next month's talks in
Warsaw, Poland. "We will get an agreement. But we must make sure it is a
meaningful agreement," said United Nations climate envoy Christiana
Figueres. Thomson Reuters Foundation
(10/22)
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