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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. International NGO Leadership. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. Lisa Pool , founder and executive director of the Technology Affinity Group. Nonprofit Technology Leadership. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech's newest project is a software tool called Miradi that helps environmental practitioners design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects to more effectively meet the needs of global biodiversity. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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