Tagged: education for girls

13 Dec

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Seattle NGOs asked to do something incredible: work together

by · December 13, 2012 · 0 Comments

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning, addresses a Global Washington conference last week. GlobalWA hopes to bring NGOs out of their "silos" and collaborate with our organizations. (Photo courtesy of GlobalWA)

I’m an amateur choir geek and a professional international development wonk. Those things might seem unrelated, but they do have one thing common: when talented and creative people come together, beautiful harmonies are made. In a choir, it’s obvious how making great music works. But in the struggle to reduce poverty around the world, it’s [...]

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15 Oct

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Will attack on child activist end Pakistani apathy about civil rights?

by · October 15, 2012 · 2 Comments

A student holds an image of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday by the Taliban, during a rally in Lahore

The name Malala Yousufzai was new to me until recently. But the power of her words wasn’t. Back in 2009, when her hometown in Swat Valley was virtually under Taliban control, Malala, using the pen name Gul Makai, wrote a diary that was published and broadcast on BBC’s Urdu language radio service. In it she [...]

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