When Sheryl Sandberg talks about 'Lean In' she refers to it as the start of a movement rather than a book - a movement that requires women everywhere to mobilize if we're to create a level playing field for both sexes.

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Earlier this month I had the opportunity to travel to Beijing for the launch of a “Social Media for Social Good in China: Cases and Best Practices”, a new book capturing the huge commitment of Chinese social media companies to using social media for good.

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Two important weather vanes of our progress towards gender equity, the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards and the Women in the World Summit are held this week – both designed to draw attention to issues of gender equity and celebrate the activists and pioneers who are leading the fight for the rights of women and girls.

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Websites are the online resource for essential information on the foundation, and when we evaluated our digital channels it became clear that we needed to invest in a new version of gatesfoundation.org.

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At the Social Good Summit (#SGSglobal) in Beijing last week, Chinese Olympic winning gymnast Zhe Feng gave an impassioned speech on the need for a final push to end polio. He spoke of his own recent education about the disease and realization that while
his own training is exceptionally challenging, he is fortunate even to have the opportunity to compete while children are still succumbing to this debilitating and vaccine-preventable disease.

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