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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. and the European Union.

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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

It had had a really interesting history before that though. Lisa Pool , founder and executive director of the Technology Affinity Group. International NGO Leadership. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. International Women's Day came about in its current form in 1975.

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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. Past partners have included NGOs and nine truth commissions. The current conflict in Afghanistan has been ongoing since 2001.

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