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DREFF: Special Guest at the DC Environmental Film Festival Opening in Washington, D.C.
March 18, 2015 - The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), a GFDD’s initiative, was invited as a special guest to the opening night and launch party of the 23rd Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF). The opening was held at a fully packed Elihu Root Auditorium of the Carnegie Institution for Science on March 17,... Continue Reading >
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Students from Santiago and Santo Domingo Travel to the Cocoa Trail with RDescubre Program
March 18, 2015 - A group of 50 outstanding students from 10 schools in Santiago and Santo Domingo participated yesterday in the educational excursion to theCocoa Trail, in the province of San Francisco de Macorís, an excursion organized by GFDD/Funglode’s RDescubre program, in collaboration with Plan Lean of Listín Diario. The tour was conducted in the framework of the... Continue Reading >
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GFDD & Funglode Host Presentation of a Research Study on Elimination of Violence against Women in the Dominican Republic before a Packed UN Auditorium
March 18, 2015 - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations and the Dominican Political Observatory (OPD by its Spanish acronims) of Funglode, hosted on March 18 the presentation of... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Submits Written Statement on the Eradication of Violence against Women in the Dominican Republic for the Opening Ceremony of CSW 59
March 10, 2015 - Following the Opening Ceremony of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) on Monday March 9, 2015, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) released a written statement on the official website of CSW59 on the topic of the eradication of violence against women, calling for a coordinated response... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Celebrates Dominican Women Writers
March 10, 2015 - The foundation participated at the XII International Book Fair of Dominican Women Writers in New York City with the presentation of Dr. Martha Beato´s Lecture on the Topic "The 7 Internal Forces as a Way to Empower Women" Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) participated at the XIII International Book Fair of Dominican Women... Continue Reading >
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Governments Agree to Step Up Action to Achieve Gender Equality at Opening Ceremony of CSW59
March 9, 2015 - GFDD was present as the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status (CSW59) opened today before a packed General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters. With record attendance by civil society, the conference hall was rapidly filled to capacity, forcing CSW59 organizers to send the remaining participants to two extra overflow rooms from which... Continue Reading >
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“The Acceleration of Change”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
March 9, 2015 - With the publication of El Gran Cambio (The Great Change), prominent national historian Frank Moya Pons delivered a withering blow to the traditional pessimism among the Dominican intellectual elite and introduced a new paradigm of national historical interpretation on change, progress, and transformation. But while Moya Pons’s analysis covered a period of fifty years, from... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Attends UN Seminar Promoting the Importance of Education for a Successful Post 2015 Development Agenda
March 6, 2015 - GFDD was present at United Nations Headquarters on Friday March 6 2015, for a dual event organized by UNESCO and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. The event included two parts: a morning briefing on the upcoming World Education Forum (the Forum) to be held in Incheon, Republic of... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Shares New Program Opportunities at the URI Summer Job & Internship Fair
March 4, 2015 - There was a steady stream of excited students stopping at the booths of the 2015 University of Rhode Island (URI) Summer Job & Internship Fair on March 4, 2015, eager to learn about the different opportunities available to them this summer with the 54 organizations represented. InteRDom’s booth saw many students interested in summer placements... Continue Reading >
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Join InteRDom at the University of Rhode Island Summer Job & Internship Fair
March 1, 2015 - InteRDom is thrilled to be participating in the Summer Job & Internship Fair at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in Kingston, RI on March 4, 2015 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. The fair is hosted by URI Center for Career and Experiential Education and is located on campus at Memorial Union Ballroom. The... Continue Reading >
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First Dominican Get-Together of 2015 Begins in New Jersey with the Screening of La Montaña
March 1, 2015 - Students from the City of Camden Enjoy the Dominican Documentary About 200 students from Pyne Poynt Middle School, Woodrow Wilson High School and East High School attended the first Dominican Get-Together of 2015 organized by GFDD/Funglode, held on February 27 in the city of Camden, New Jersey. The event took place at the Salvation Army... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Donates Books to the Pennsauken Free Public Library in New Jersey
March 1, 2015 - The Institution Received Its First Donation for the Latin American Book Collection Section The Pennsauken Free Public Library of Camden, NJ, received its first book donation for the Latin American Book Collection Sectionfrom Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD). The donation was received by Mayor Rick Taylor who thanked the foundation for the support... Continue Reading >
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GFDD to Host Presentation of a Research Study on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Dominican Republic at CSW 59
February 27, 2015 - On March 18, 2015, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations and the Dominican Political Observatory (OPD) of Funglode, will host the presentation of a research... Continue Reading >
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Get Tips on Preparing for Your Career in Business at Manhattanville College
February 26, 2015 - The InteRDom program, in collaboration with the School of Business at Manhattanville College, invite all undergraduate and graduate students and Manhattanville community members to attend a panel discussion and networking session entitled, “Preparing for your Career in Business,” Thursday, March 5, 2015. The free event will be held from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm in... Continue Reading >
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90 Students Climb the Highest Mountain in the Caribbean in the 12th Educational Expedition to Pico Duarte
February 25, 2015 - Participants Travel a Total of 60 Kilometers During Five Days in the Heart of the Dominican Cordillera Central as part of the program RDescubre The 12th Educational Expedition to Pico Duarte, part of the initiatives of the RDescubre program, was successfully held when 90 students from various schools in the Dominican Republic had the opportunity... Continue Reading >
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Students from Instituto Iberia Enjoy the Screening of Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience
February 25, 2015 - The Participants Also Received a Short Seminar on the Recrearte Program “Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience”, a short film produced by GFDD/Funglode directed by Ms. Natasha Despotovic, GFDD Executive Director, was screened to students of the Instituto Iberia in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. The screening took place at the historical educational... Continue Reading >
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Leonel Fernández Presided Over the Eighth Presentation of the 2014 GFDD/ FUNGLODE Awards
February 25, 2015 - The Executive Director of GFDD, Natasha Despotovic, participated in the awards ceremony in Santo Domingo Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), through their Center for Cultural Studies, presented the Annual Awards for Literature, Journalism, Photography and Audiovisuals corresponding to the year 2014. The eighth edition of the... Continue Reading >
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The DREFF Promotes Environmental Awareness through Film Showcase in Three Dominican Republic Schools
February 23, 2015 - Students from Haina and Boca Chica Enjoy the Documentary a Thirsty World Delivering on its commitment to promoting sustainable development and environmental awareness, GFDD/Funglode, through the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, showcased three screenings in different schools in the Dominican Republic of the film A Thirsty World, in collaboration with the Instituto de Derecho Ambiental... Continue Reading >
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“The Plan to Discredit the Buddha”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
February 23, 2015 - Plots, intrigues, and warped machinations with the loathsome intent to defame and discredit are as old as the history of humanity itself. This is seen in the case of Siddhartha Gautama, that ancient sage whose teachings would become the basis of Buddhism. Although biographical mentions of him are scarce, we at least know that Siddhartha... Continue Reading >
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AAPLAC Conference Concludes With Dinner and Excursion
February 21, 2015 - After 4 days of intensive working sessions, riveting speakers, cultural workshops and excursions and a lot of networking and exchange of ideas, the 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) drew to a close on Saturday, February 21st with a final cultural excursion to the historic... Continue Reading >
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