Colombia, Data and Information - Nonprofit Technology

Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2010

As the worldwide debate continues about the release of government information by Wikileaks, history has shown that the uncovering of government data can be an important factor in human rights investigations. HRDAG analysis of formerly hidden data has promoted respect for human rights and raised the cost of crimes against humanity.

Chad

Chad Guatemala Data Liberia

Counting Deaths in the Rionegro Cemetery

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A Guest Beneblog by Kristian Lum When I first started my summer internship at Benetech with the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG), I learned that my project would involve quantifying the number of deaths and disappearances in the Colombian state of Casanare. And then we went to Colombia.

Colombia

Colombia Statistics Analysis Data

International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

International

International Guatemala Colombia Analysis

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2005

Helping protect human rights information is one of our critical goals at Benetech. Information is the core of human rights work, and suppressing of such information is one of the ways perpetrators of abuses get away with their crimes. We created our Martus software to help protect human rights information.

Colombia

Colombia Technique Software Adopt

Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. . The Sustainable Development Goals promise to leave no one behind.

Global

Global Goal Senegal Indonesia

How a Multi-Sectoral Partnership is Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. . The Sustainable Development Goals promise to leave no one behind.

Global

Global Goal Senegal Indonesia

The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. They place a specific focus on access to information, free speech and minority rights. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground.

Philanthropy

Philanthropy Challenge Global Mozambique

How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

We thought, with all the communication going on, that there was a lot of data but not much else. People needed that data distilled into something digestible and actionable. At the beginning of July, we started going back to not just COVID, but other information. So we started a newsletter called the ‘New Reality Roundup’.

America

America Nonprofit Local National

Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The unofficial Iraq Body Count (IBC) , which tracks civilian casualties in Iraq based on press reports and administrative records, has initiated a comparison of their own data to the deaths documented in the SIGACTS data. This new evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that IBC’s press data underreport small events in Iraq.

Iraq

Iraq Data Timor Press

Lessons on Policymakers, Gender Equality, and Data

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Last week at the United Nations General Assembly , Equal Measures 2030 launched a multi-country policymaker survey that explored perceptions of progress on gender-related issues and access to and use of data to inform decisions. Available data on gender-related issues are not often used, and not always found to be helpful.

Data

Data Lesson Senegal Indonesia

President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Human Rights Patrick Ball recently spent a month at the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he held office hours and helped prosecutors use quantitative data and statistical analysis to pursue war crimes cases. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

Darfur

Darfur Sri Lanka Liberia Colombia

Guatemalan Police Archive Finds Evidence in Disappearance Case

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 11, 2009

A Guest Beneblog by Tamy Guberek (Benetech HRDAG team member from Colombia) There is important news this month from our partners at the Guatemalan National Police Archive, which has worked since 2006 with Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). Garcia disappeared after being placed in police detention in Guatemala City.

Montenegro

Montenegro Guatemala Colombia National

Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

In some cases, the information is intended for use in court cases or international prosecution, to support a human rights report, or advocacy campaign. I emphasized how groups can make claims that are grounded in the data and are therefore stronger against attacks by critics.

Cambodia

Cambodia Training Train Sri Lanka

Nonprofit Technology

Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Counting Deaths in the Rionegro Cemetery

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

How a Multi-Sectoral Partnership is Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Lessons on Policymakers, Gender Equality, and Data

President's Update: Summer 2008

Guatemalan Police Archive Finds Evidence in Disappearance Case

Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

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