February 2009
6 posts
Smarter Planet? →
Latest IBM ad on the environment as part of its Smarter Planet series. This one is about more efficient oil drilling in response to some pretty sobering news about energy consumption projections. It’s still a short-term solution at best. As an aside, great website IBM’s put together.
More on the Girl Effect - the value of... →
As Melinda Gates discussed in Davos last week, awareness, education, salience are critical first steps in bringing an issue to the forefront.
When asked why the world hasn’t been investing in girls, Melinda said “the issue wasn’t brought to the forefront before, so when NGOs or foundations or civil society were developing their programs, they just weren’t thinking that...
The Girl Effect →
Women invest 90 percent of their income back into their families…that’s a statistic that demonstrates what the girl effect is all about.
