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Samasource, the leader in ethical impact sourcing, announced today that it has received the 2012 Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The $500,000 grant will allow Samasource to expand its operations in East Africa, connecting more women and youth to digital work. The Innovation Jury–composed of Judith Rodin of the Rockefeller Foundation, Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank, and Melanne Verveer, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues–found that Samasource’s proposal “truly holds the promise of transforming the lives of women and girls.”