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		<title>ICTs and the spread of indigenous knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Liebhardt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite common assumptions and their perceived differences, the indigenous knowledge and global knowledge systems have become much closer in the past decade. Indigenous knowledge practitioners have begun leveraging different media to exchange ideas and publicize traditional learning to the larger world. At first glance, the relationship between indigenous knowledge and the Internet seems fraught. Indigenous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aiming development dollars at mothers to improve the lives of families</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jenna Nishimura</dc:creator>
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		<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>Bangladesh: The rising voices of women in a drowning country</title>
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		<dc:creator>Belen Bogado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in the most extreme circumstances when survival is at stake, Bangladeshi women stand out for their capacity to unite and together overcome climate change’s effects on their lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Rape as a weapon of war: What do you think?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Radha Patel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Violence Against Women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sexual violence in armed conflict is increasingly reported with state and non-state individuals. What strategies can help prevent such an affliction?]]></description>
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		<title>Activism and motherhood in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Chandranayagam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humanitarian activist mothers in Asia are becoming icons for human rights causes worldwide. What does a woman sacrifice for the cause she fights for?]]></description>
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		<title>Capital of Hope</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Tuschman</dc:creator>
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		<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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