Civil Society plays an increasingly important role in international human and social welfare. The most important prerequisite for the development of the NGO sector is a steady level of trust and engagement from society. This public trust and engagement is based the organization’s level of accountability.
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While no one is questioning the need to fight the deadly disease, some breast cancer advocates are starting to ask whether one of the most successful charity campaigns in recent history has lost its focus.
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Retailers are cashing in on October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month, but shoppers should be wary about what, and where they shop.
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Emphasizing gender in those (breast cancer) ads might actually lower a woman’s perceived risk for breast cancer, make her give less to gender-specific cancer charities and even make her less likely to remember the ads.
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RT @pernillan: Ready for the #IATI virtual roundtable on geocoding - using a round table of course! @ World Bank http://t.co/RRBuNdRdIG
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RT @jpstijns: Great news for #Africa: #EU rushes out corporate #tax transparency law http://t.co/7g7wvTWKDF @FT Recommendation of AEO 2010!
Giving a social media training to 100+ music educators today - thanks to the @SuzukiAssn || #SuzukiLR2013 || http://t.co/jxklzAKKs9
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Mass school closures in US disproportionately hurt black & low-income students.
How much? Check out this infographic http://t.co/zNKcH0chDg
Top #charity news: SCVO writes scathing response to OSCR guidance on political campaigning (this + lots more) http://t.co/2BvA9K3E36
RT @unisdr: #gpdrr13 blog: Financing for Disaster Risk Management: a bleak history http://t.co/6LaQMotNpa MT @gfdrr @odi_development @dgate…
Foreign Assistance Dashboard now includes data from Treasury and Defense http://t.co/MnSlBy4RwJ via @SJStaats @willmckitterick
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