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Sara Gould Joins the Foundation Center as Visiting Fellow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Cheryl LoeCommunications Project ManagerThe Foundation Center(888) 356-0354, ext. 701communications@foundationcenter.org New York, NY — February 15, 2011. Sara K. Gould, former president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, has joined the Foundation Center in the role of The Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow.…
Author: The Foundation Center
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'Census for young people' poses challenging questions
By Sirkka Huish. Bermuda’s young people are to be quizzed to find out what has made them who they are today. Thousands of 18 to 35-year-olds are going to be put on the spot about issues such as sex before marriage, teenage pregnancy and religious…
Author: Bermuda Sun
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An age-old problem
By Michelle McDonagh. It is estimated that up to 5 per cent of older Irish people are victims of elder abuse, although some advocates for the elderly believe this figure represents only the tip of the iceberg and that the actual extent of abuse still…
Author: The Irish Times
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Irish Publication "Report Card 2010" Spotlights Children as Casualties of Recession
The Government of the Republic of Ireland has slipped to an overall D- grade in the Children’s Rights Alliance Report Card 2010, a publication released 25 January, which grades Government on progress in its own commitments to children in the areas of Education, Health, Material…
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'Wits is still an ivory tower'
Original Source University of the Witwatersrand is an Atlantic grantee. by Thabo Mohlala JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – As student anger erupted at Wits University this week over fee increases, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande refused to be drawn on whether he will pump up subsidies…
Author: Mail & Guardian
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Cornell makes cancer vaccine for clinical use
Original Source: http://www.pressoffice.cornell.edu/pressoffice/releases/release.cfm?r=29722 Cornell University, the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and the Cancer Research Institute are Atlantic grantees. ITHACA, N.Y. – The Bioproduction Facility at Cornell University has produced the first batch of NY-ESO-1 recombinant protein-a cancer vaccine that will be used in clinical…
Author: Cornell University
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South Africa: Total Hospital Shutdown in Five Provinces
by Luphert Chilwane Johannesburg — FIVE of the nine provinces experienced a complete shutdown of public hospitals yesterday as the doctors’ strike for a 50% wage increase intensified. Doctors interviewed by telephone said public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo…
Author: Business Day
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Child benefit to be taxed or means tested in January
by CARL O’BRIEN and MARIE O’HALLORAN CHILD BENEFIT is likely to be either taxed or means-tested from the beginning of next year, creating savings of up to EUR400 million, Minister for Social Affairs Mary Hanafin has said. As it emerged that An Bdrd Snip Nua…
Author: Irish Times
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Task to Aid Self-Esteem Lifts Grades for Some
Original Source By BENEDICT CAREY Some seventh graders who were struggling in class did significantly better after performing a series of brief confidence-building writing exercises, and the improvements continued through eighth grade, researchers reported Thursday. The students who benefited most were blacks who were doing…
Author: The New York Times
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An Integrated Approach to Regeneration in Rialto, Dublin
March 2009 — The Dublin inner city area of Rialto has a population of 6,000. Within Rialto, the public housing estates of Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House are among the most disadvantaged in Ireland – experiencing high rates of early school leaving, and family poverty. But…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies