How To Improve Maternal Health & Achieve Millennium Development Goal #5?

Women Deliver 2010, a global conference focused on solutions to achieve Millennium Development Goal #5, Improve Maternal Health, takes place in Washington DC this week.

How Can Social Media Support Girls’ Education? | Interview with Tammy Tibbetts: Founder, ShesTheFirst

What happens when you bring savvy marketers, a celebrity spokesperson, and social media together? You change the world. Find out how…

Interview with Eve Blossom, Founder of Lulan.com [Part 1 of 3]

Human trafficking, according to the United Nations, involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transfering, harbouring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. In essence, human trafficking is modern-day slavery, most often sex slavery, and to a lesser degree, forced labor and other forms [...]

Elizabeth Scharpf, Founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises [SHE], on Africa & Entrepreneuriship

We met up with Elizabeth Scharpf, Founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises [SHE], at Africa Social Enterprise Forum in NYC this past week. Hear what Elizabeth has to say about the promise of social enterprise for development in Africa. Ever thought about starting a business you are passionate about, but are concerned about taking the leap [...]