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Ashoka Fellows treten an, um die Gesellschaft zum Besseren zu verändern und drängende soziale Probleme möglichst an der Wurzel zu lösen. Die große Mehrzahl der gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit sind globaler Natur und betreffen eine Vielzahl von Ländern. Das globale Netzwerk an...

This post was written by Njideka Harry, Ashoka Fellow and CEO & Founder of the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), an innovative non-profit company focused on using the power of technology to transform the lives of rural youth and women living in developing countries. Prior to founding YTF...

Editor's Note: Tiwale, KadAfrica, Twim Academy, GiftedMom, and AEPT were named winners in The MasterCard Foundation and Ashoka’s “Future Forward: Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa” challenge. These young social entrepreneurs will take part in the Ashoka Changemakers Day on Youth Employment...

The Changemakers online community voted for the digital technology solutions they thought deserved to be at the fingertips of girls and women worldwide during the past four weeks. This community, made up of tech users like you, had a chance to pick its favorite innovations from a pool of 11...

Lucy Kanu, Ashoka Fellow and founder of Idea Builders, wins award for her empowering emerging talent in sub-Saharan Africa to break free from the cycle of poverty. Since 2010, the Global Fairness Initiative (GFI), founded by President Bill Clinton and Karen Tramontano, has selected leaders who...

Today is International Migrants Day, a day proclaimed by the United Nations in 2000 as a day to share information and further action to protect the rights of migrant workers. Migrant labor is increasing and creating growing economic and social connections across borders—within regions and across the...

In case you missed the Changemakers.com Twitterview podcasts with Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby, Center for Democracy + Technology CEO Leslie Harris and Center for Responsive Politics Executive Director Sheila Krumholz this week, we've got them posted here on Ashoka.org for your perusal! They are...

Three years ago today the last bill for comprehensive immigration reform died in the Senate, a result of an incredible filibuster. It was fitting, then, that I went to a presentation at the Center for American Progress on the topic of Immigration Reform. The free presentation, conveniently scheduled...

It has been a month since I arrived in Argentina. I am based in Pilar, a town at the northern border of the municipal boundaries of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires and the Province of Buenos Aires. For the next nine months, I have been matched with Ashoka Fellow Alberto Vázquez who founded an...