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	<title>What’s Possible: The Tides Blog &#187; Africa</title>
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		<title>IPAS Celebrates International Women&#039;s Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.tides.org/2011/03/16/ipas-celebrates-international-womens-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Collen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the privilege of celebrating International Women’s Day yesterday with some colleagues over at the Public Health Institute in Oakland. One of Tides grantees, Ipas (www.ipas.org) showed their film, Not Yet Rain http://www.notyetrain.org/. Not Yet Rain explores abortion in Ethiopia through the voices of women who have faced the challenge of finding safe care. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil and Anguish: Alaska, Nigeria, and the Gulf Coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.tides.org/2010/07/28/oil-and-anguish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary D. Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within a week of the Exxon Oil spill in 1989, currents and winds pushed the slick 90 miles from the site of the tanker, out of Prince William Sound into the Gulf of Alaska. It eventually reached nearly 600 miles away from the wreck contaminating 1,500 miles of shoreline – about the length of California's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Case for Integration: The Tides Africa Fund Approach</title>
		<link>http://blog.tides.org/2010/06/01/making-the-case-for-integration-the-tides-africa-fund-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tides.org/2010/06/01/making-the-case-for-integration-the-tides-africa-fund-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Joslyn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Collective Giving at Tides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downloads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why not integrate separate models of care if it could mean better health for clients and their families? That is the essential question that drives the work of our Africa Family Planning and HIV Integration Fund, or Tides Africa Fund. With support from the Hewlett Foundation, the fund dispersed grants totaling $1.3 million in 2008–2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shareholder Activism Wins Victories</title>
		<link>http://blog.tides.org/2010/04/05/shareholder-activism-wins-victories/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tides.org/2010/04/05/shareholder-activism-wins-victories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>guest author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[investment portfolio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Timothy Smith, Senior Vice President, Environment, Social and Governance Group at Walden Asset Management The investment portfolio at Tides has been managed for decades by Walden Asset Management (formerly U.S. Trust of Boston), a leader in sustainable and responsible investing.  Here are four areas where Walden helps Tides' investments to support a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Approaches to Grantmaking in Africa</title>
		<link>http://blog.tides.org/2010/02/26/innovative-approaches-to-grantmaking-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tides.org/2010/02/26/innovative-approaches-to-grantmaking-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Joslyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many exciting and innovative grantmaking approaches focusing in Africa these days. Some foundations are taking the lead in challenging traditional models of grantmaking on the continent and working hard to make sure resources go directly to people in communities who are making change and struggling for equity and justice. In addition, tremendous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia: Surviving Gender-Based Violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.tides.org/2009/12/05/liberia-surviving-gender-based-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tides.org/2009/12/05/liberia-surviving-gender-based-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meenakshi Abbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our projects at Tides, Women’s Rights International (WRI), works with women in conflict situations to document human rights violations. The director, Shana Swiss lived in Monrovia for many years during the 90’s and worked closely with Rosana Schaack (“Rosie”). I spoke to Shana before I left and she put me in touch with [...]]]></description>
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