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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Human rights workers collect massive amounts of information about abuse that occurs in their countries—the individual stories are compelling, but scientific analysis of the collective data can inspire action. The analysis made news globally and expanded an international conversation.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This type of documentation is often a critical step in the large-scale data analysis projects conducted by Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) in partnership with human rights organizations. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis.

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