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Author: New Dawn (Liberia)
GVL, Building Markets forge partnership', 4 Sep 2015: Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) and Building Markets have partnered to provide occupational skills training to citizens in Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties…Building Markets is providing training to local...
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Amid conflict, activist to bring economic opportunities to IDPs
Author: Cherry Thein, Myanmar Times
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Accelerate Women Now: An Entrepreneur Upends Bolivian Business Culture
Author: Dana Warrem, Ashoka, in Forbes
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Women social entrepreneurs in Upper Egypt get a boost from World Bank competition
Author: Hanan Solayman, Wamda (Jordan)
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Religious items produced by child slaves [Australia]
Author: Paul Dobbyn, The Catholic Leader
Catholics need to look carefully at the origins of religious items they buy to ensure they are not the products of child slave labour, a Brisbane religious sister has warned. The...National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA)...pledge[d] its...
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Blue Mango brings hope, help to women in India
Author: Lauren Larocca, Associated Press
Blue Mango, a women's craft company based in India...employs local women who live in the villages...Priority is given to widows, victims of domestic abuse and women who are handicapped or infected with HIV or AIDS...Blue Mango also provides onsite day...
[PDF] How material is ISO 26000 Social Responsibility to Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)?
Author: Oshani Perera, Intl. Institute for sustainable development
This project maps the materiality of the ISO 26000 Social Responsibility to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through a global survey of 59 SMEs, 37 social responsibility consultations and 16 National Cleaner Production Centres across the...