Today, as people around the world celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, The Belinda Stronach Foundation and 30 supporting businesses and organizations have announced the Second Annual G(irls)20 Summit 2011.  On October 18-20, a girl from each of the G20 countries, and the African Union, will come together to “debate, discuss and design innovative solutions for the economic challenges of our time.” The participants are all 18-20 year old young women and will be trained in business, media and public policy so that they can grow innovative solutions in their own communities.

Today is the final day of community voting for the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. We need your support so please come VOTE. Let us start by saying a huge thank you to all the people who have already voted for the 60 seconds of Hope campaign, your support has been fantastic. 

VOTING requires a couple of minutes of your time. We wish it was easier, so here are some short directions to help make it as quick as possible:

1. Follow our link - Click VOTE and be redirected to another window where you will need to quickly register.

Voting is still open for the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge and Tole-rants Connect needs your help. Please spare a few moments and VOTE for 60 seconds of Hope.

The Tole-rants movement has garnered tremendous support in its inaugural year from partners such as The Council of Europe, The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Search for Common Ground, Odyssey Networks, Youth Leader Magazine, and many other inspirational organizations.

Voting is now open for the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge and Tole-rants Connect needs YOUR help.

Community voting is open from the 11th October – 15th October. This is where you come in. We need your support and your vote to ensure that we have the best chance of being 1 of 15 featured projects selected for the expert judging round and the chance of receiving critical support to fund this important initiative.

Voting only takes a minute. So please come and vote for us at Tole-rants Connect Spread the word to friends, family, work colleagues, and anyone with a passion for “Communicating Solutions” via twitter, facebook, word of mouth, whatever you can think of.

Euphemo recession!!! Okay, coming out of the blasphemy of Recession, we need to look beyond the Horizon. Its just an economy. Why are we worshiping it? NRIs committing suicide because of financial crisis in US. Isn't it incredibly surprising? What made them emigrate to US and other countries in the first place? Financial Crisis (in some sectors) in India, may be! Now, if its the other way round, then why can't they just drain their brains back in India?

i-Vission International, the same organization managing the Douala Net Tuesday, is organizing an international colloquium in Douala, Cameroon, for February 19-21, 2009, and is currently calling for papers.  The topic is:  The Impact of Cyber Criminality on the Economy of a Developing Nation.

The deadline to submit an essay is January 19, 2009.  More details below.

3-Day Colloquium

The Impact of Cyber Criminality on the Economy of a Developing Nation

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