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"The military has learned that when you seed an economy, people will put down their guns," says Connie Duckworth . "That’s why the Marines asked me to don 30 pounds of body armor to meet with them in Helmand Province in Afghanistan," where she had established Arzu Studio Hope , an artisanal rug manufacturer that employs 1,000 women, who in turn support 4,000 family members in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is officially the worst place in the world for women, according to a 2011 study by Thompson Reuters Trust Law.

If you're under 60 years old and living in the U.S., chances are pretty high that you once toted UNICEF's orange Trick or Treat box from house to house on Halloween night, gathering change to give to the humanitarian organization.

I fear I have already offended

The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has teamed up with a coalition of Google Maps-savvy computer security, journalism, NGO and humanitarian experts to find out exactly what's happening in Libya. The challenge: stopping the map from being used for military intelligence purposes.