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		<title>Invest in youth, now!</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/invest-in-youth-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/invest-in-youth-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Antonieta Alcalde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maria Antonietta Alcalde makes the case for prioritizing and investing in young people so as to accelerate progress on the MDGs. Social investments in young people’s education, health, and employment can enable countries to build a strong economic base, thereby reversing inter-generational poverty especially in countries undergoing demographic transition. ]]></description>
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		<title>1 important goal</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/1-important-goal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do we stand with Universal Education for all by 2015 (MDG2)? Nora Coghlan from the ONE Campaign reports from the Summit floor. September 20, 2010 Earlier this morning, I listened to a powerful panel of speakers — including former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, UK Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell, Queen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fix the schools&#8230;fix the world</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/08/fix-the-schools-fix-the-world-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/08/fix-the-schools-fix-the-world-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Young people of today have the skills and the smarts to handle the world they inherit. But they don&#8217;t have the essential confidence in their vision and potential. Without empowerment, they cannot do their best work. This means it&#8217;s time to change our schools, change our communities and change our minds. Youth are the Leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aiming development dollars at mothers to improve the lives of families</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/06/aiming-development-dollars-at-mothers-to-improve-the-lives-of-families/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/06/aiming-development-dollars-at-mothers-to-improve-the-lives-of-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna Nishimura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Money in the Hands of Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowering women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing in women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kofi Annan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What's the best way of investing in the developing world? One organization is empowering families by investing in mothers.]]></description>
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		<title>Tostan and the Jokko Initiative: mobile technology amplifying social change</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/tostan-and-the-jokko-initiative-mobile-technology-amplifying-social-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/tostan-and-the-jokko-initiative-mobile-technology-amplifying-social-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GuillaumeDebar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cell Phones & Social Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With mobile phone networks rapidly expanding to reach the vast majority of Senegalese citizens, and with mobile phones already commonplace in even the most remote villages, mobile technology quickly appeared to us as to be a promising new pedagogical tool for literacy.]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic violence: My conclusions</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/11/domestic-violence-my-conclusions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/11/domestic-violence-my-conclusions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Imran Ahmed Siddiqui</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Violence Against Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have dealt with domestic violence and other female issues in my country, Pakistan. There are various trends that perpetuate domestic violence. I have listed some of my conclusions.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Philippines: A pregnant woman&#8217;s right to study and work</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/philippines-a-pregnant-womans-right-to-study-and-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/philippines-a-pregnant-womans-right-to-study-and-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal survival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unwed mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If it goes against the religious mandates of a Catholic organization, can unwed pregnant females be fired from work or expelled from school? Bloggers in Philippines discuss this sensitive issue that goes against the rights pregnant women have.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>We&#8217;re here, we&#8217;re queer, we&#8217;re young and we&#8217;re strong!</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/09/were-here-were-queer-were-young-and-were-strong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/09/were-here-were-queer-were-young-and-were-strong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruno Selun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth, Love & Sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don't take my word, or our words, for granted: ask around you! Ask young queer people in your neighbourhoods and your towns: 'Hey, what's your life like?', 'How's it going with your family?'...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>G8 Not Great Unless Stimulus Targets Women</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/g8-not-great-unless-stimulus-targets-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/g8-not-great-unless-stimulus-targets-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Williams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://new.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although it remains to be seen how effectively they implement it, the G 8 agenda is, quite correctly, focusing on how to mitigate the effects of the crisis on the developing world. But an even tighter focus is called for. It is worrying from all points of view that the current crisis’s effects will fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invest in Women &#8211; it Pays!</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/invest-in-women-it-pays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/invest-in-women-it-pays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Sheffield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Meltdown & Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newborns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://new.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the moment the world loses 15 billion dollars every year in productivity that doesn’t happen because mothers and their newborns are dying – one mother a minute, four million newborns every year. A mother’s death always means deeper poverty and hardship for her family and community. It often means an early death for her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capital of Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/capital-of-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/capital-of-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Tuschman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Meltdown & Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microfinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://new.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women and children do bear the brunt of economic hardship during any economic downturn. I witnessed this during the course of  2007 and 2008 when I made several trips to Ghana to photographically document a microfinance operation in Pokuase, a small town approximately one hour outside the capital of Accra. Because poverty in the third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 July 09: World Population Day</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/11-july-09-world-population-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/11-july-09-world-population-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Meltdown & Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://new.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investing in Women is a Smart Choice We echo the words of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the Observance of World Population Day: In the midst of the worst global economic crisis in generations, we must find the most effective ways to continue progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. There is no better [...]]]></description>
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