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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Through projects that integrated statistical analyses into multidisciplinary human rights work, we engaged in the public debate about human rights violations in Colombia.

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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

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HRDAG analysis of this information was carried out with the support of the current governments and NGO communities in both these counties. The past year of research by HRDAG analysts has supported key criminal prosecutions and uncovered the truth about political violence in Guatemala, Iran, Colombia, Chad and Liberia.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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International NGO Leadership. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. Janet Mawlyoo , executive director, Kenya Community Development Foundation. Nonprofit Technology Leadership. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. Karen Graham and Laura Quinn from Idealware. Law and Advocacy.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A pricing manifesto proposes that members of the community that can afford the software should support the project financially. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work. Downloads, packaged with support, will cost $250 per user per year, discounted to $150 for nonprofits.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

You can read about some of the NGOs that have used Martus to back up their data in Guatemala, Sri Lanka, the Phillippines, and Colombia. As the week progressed, we considered the difficulties faced by Afghani groups who seek to build an NGO community in a place of conflict with few resources.

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