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The Grameen Foundation’s Mobile Microfranchising initiative was selected as one of the winners of the Ashoka Changemakers Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World that Works competition, a partnership with eBay Foundation. As a result, eBay Foundation is now exploring how to continue working...

Social entrepreneurship is evolving into a global movement, and it’s rendering the standard nonprofit/for-profit dichotomy obsolete. Now, new legal structures and certifications are being built to accommodate for businesses with embedded social missions. Leading the way in this movement is the B...

Last Thursday, I had the privilege of sitting in on a presentation given by Dr. Willie Smits, a Senior Fellow of Ashoka, where I currently work as an intern for the Full Economic Citizenship program. Born in Norway but a nationalized and 30-year resident of Indonesia, Dr. Smits has dedicated his...

Allowing an organization to remain competitive and relevant.

By improving the quality of Shea Butter production in Burkina Faso, Ashoka Fellow Marcelline Ouedraogo has enabled a significant increase in income to more than 3,000 women across the country. As a result, these women are now able to serve as more empowered and engaged members of their communities...

She helped women escape the tyranny of "micro" credit or charity

Il programma televisivo spagnolo Para Todos La 2, in onda ogni sabato mattina alle 12.00, ha dedicato diverse puntate ai Fellow italiani di Ashoka. Il 19 Novembre 2016 è andata in onda la puntata sui nostri due Fellow dedicati alla lotta alla criminalità organizzata: Vincenzo Linarello e Dario...

La estabilidad económica, la desigualdad en los ingresos y la abundancia de problemas sociales hacen de Chile un ecosistema perfecto para el desarrollo de la innovación social. Con una trayectoria que no supera una década, este panorama ya cuenta con emprendedores, plataformas de apoyo para realizar...

The moral crisis of fast fashion