The Global Development Lab

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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/25/1768641/gates-foundation-condom/?mobile=nc

Bill And Melinda Gates Offer $1 Million To Fund The ‘Next Generation Condom’ In order to promote better sexual health around the globe, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wants someone to create the next generation of safe — yet pleasure-enhancing — condoms. And the foundation is putting its money where its mouth is with its ongoing Grand Challenges Explorations grant com...

I highly recommend reading this article. It is fantastic. It explains a brief history of the food industry and the individuals who created addictive snacks specifically created to get people to eat more and more and more...There is a sliver of hope in the article, which makes it an even better read.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp&adxnnlx=1361386832-NL%20pgXvA25RMnXLI6vdarQ

The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food Inside the hyperengineered, savagely marketed, addiction-creating battle for American “stomach share.”

http://www.comminit.com/global/content/solar-mamas-are-women-better-getting-out-poverty-men

Solar Mamas - Are women better at getting out of poverty than men? | The Communication Initiative Ne Solar Mamas is a film about the heroic efforts of one woman as she overcomes significant difficulties to become a solar engineer. The film follows Rafea, the second wife of a Bedouin, who wants a better life for herself and her children. The Barefoot College takes uneducated middle-aged women from p...

http://www.fintrac.com/company.aspx

The company seems to be doing amazing work. Staff report liking the work environment, and they are hiring! Check them out.

About Fintrac Fintrac, a woman owned and US-based consultancy company develops agricultural solutions to end hunger and poverty.