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Empowering women in developing countries through alternative technologies was the subject of an afternoon panel discussion during last week’s “Women in the World” annual summit. Moderated by Echoing Green President Cheryl Dorsey, the conversation focused on the innovations enabling women to become more productive contributors to their communities. Participants included ExxonMobil’s Vice President of Geoscience Pam Darwin, Social Innovation Lead of IDEO and head of the newly launched IDEO.org Jocelyn Wyatt, and Solar Sister entrepreneur Eva Walusimbi.

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ExxonMobil's Women│ Tools│ Technology: A Global Leapfrog panel, highlighted ingenious technologies that accelerate women's economic advancement. (Photo: Marc Bryan-Brown)

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