Did you know that two thirds of people around the world who are blind are women?

To highlight this fact, Sightsavers has launched a Women and Blindness campaign in collaboration with iconic photographer Rankin. Working with six renowned make-up artists he has produced some incredible images, and we've launched a micro-site to showcase them:

 http://www.sightsavers.org/rankin

It would be great if you could view the site, share the link with your friends, family and colleagues, and become a fan of Sightsavers on Facebook and Twitter!

The 2nd Annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit is this Tuesday, and there are still a few registration spots available. There's a great selection of speakers and panesl so be sure to register soon!

Collegiate Women Walk Together Nationwide to Bring Clean Drinking Water to African Families

Hundreds of Students from 11 College Campuses to Host BH2O+ Clean Water Awareness Events

Yesterday was International Women's Day and MobileActive highlighted some incredible women in the mobile technology sector on their blog to celebrate the day.  Take a look below at these great innovators focused on mobile technologies that create social change and impact around the world.

Learn more about International Women's Day and the NetSquared Mobile Challenges

As we have said in previous post the power of the video have no limits. Just think about the images that we saw coming from the Beijing Olympics ceremony, or the images we saw coming from the quick war between Russia and Georgia.  But there are other important issues that go uncovered. There are heart-breaking stories that go unheard. What news networks tend to cover are the political side of the issues, but hardly the human side. The reason being that they think they are not news worthy.

Britt Bravo is on a much-deserved vacation, so I'm stepping in for her to keep news and information about the social change web coming your way!

CARE is a humanitarian organization working to fight global poverty by serving individuals and families in the poorest communities of the world. CARE recently launched CARE Connections, a free, online community to connect you with others supporting global poverty work, women's empowerment, world news and more. You can learn more about CARE Connections, here.

Hi, Evonne Heyning here liveblogging from the Social Impact room at N2Y2.  

Second Track of the Social Impact Section Panel

Micah Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum

Diana Scearce, Monitor Institute

Alexandra Samuel, Social Signal

Projects Presenting

Genocide Intervention Network: to build out the idea (or brand) of the anti-genocide movement. Give people the idea and space to come together for resources. Content available to everyone regardless of organizational affiliation, use these tools to speak with your own voice: GINet facilitates this dialogue.

Ivan Boothe, Genocide Intervention Network

I want to thank all the people involved with the conference for their efforts. This will make a difference in the lives of many around the world.

I am the Founding Director of the Global Women’s Leadership Center at the Leavey School of Business and Dean’s Professor of Leadership, Santa Clara University. I was the CEO of a leadership consulting firm called Center for New Futures.

HI all,

I wanted to add a personal comment to the project description for PulseWire (www.pulsewire.net) because I truly believe that the mission and features of the project and web portal could dramatically change women's lives by putting needed resources and tools into their hands. I hope you will take another look at this project and realize how significant a project it is and help us to get it developed to share with all.