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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

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"), have risen as leaders in grassroots organizing and civic activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). was the pre-election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. In the end, the government lost the election, and the regional prime minister was forced by his party to resign from his position. (“Enough!”

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. How can people fight back? Through technology! Šta se može uraditi?

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust. The Digital Public Library of America held a hackathon to test the prototype DPLA platform and build apps for it. or Code for Oakland ). Library Hackathons.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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Disband the Publicity Department (the former Propaganda Department), which exercises daily control over content in the Chinese press. They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January. End the jamming of foreign radio stations.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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This is our own form of public diplomacy, where women are reaching out to each other despite all of their boundaries, or their differences, or whatever, and looking at their connections and similarities. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. You get her picture.