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Tech investors funding ideas to reduce gun violence
2013-03-14 20:43:00| CNET News.com
In concert with the Sandy Hook Promise Technology Committee to Reduce Gun Violence, the tech investor community is working to find and fund technology to reduce gun violence. [Read more]
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Confronting Climate Change and Violence Against Women
2013-03-10 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: International Womens Day, a time for celebrating womens achievements and calling for greater equality. The United Nations has focused this years events on ending violence against women--not with more pledges and promises but with real, concrete action. We have made some recent strides. Just yesterday President Obama signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Yet far too many women continue to suffer at the hands of others: 70 percent of women have experienced physical or sexual...
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News Nearby: Woburn Mother of Murdered Daughter Honored for Anti-Domestic Violence Work
2013-03-10 12:28:30| Apparel - Topix.net
Here is a look at the stories making headlines in the Burlington region this week: Woburn Woburn Mother of Murdered Daughter Honored by District Attorney for Anti-Domestic Violence Work Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone presented Arlene Meara the Paul R. McLaughlin Community Activist Award.
The price of violence against women and girls
2013-03-08 02:57:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The price of violence against women and girls
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How Climate Change Worsened Violence in Syria
2013-03-06 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: In October 2010, just months before a Tunisian street vendor self-immolated and sparked what would become the Arab Spring, a prolonged drought was turning Syria`s verdant farmland into dust. By last month, more than 70,000 Syrians, mostly civilians, had been killed in the brutal and ongoing conflict between President Bashar al-Assad`s dictatorial regime and a coalition of opposition forces; just today, the UN announced that over one million refugees fled the country in the last two years. International...
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