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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. We’re honored to support the process towards justice and accountability at this critical time in Guatemala’s history. and the European Union.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. More About International Women's Day. International Women's Day came about in its current form in 1975. It had had a really interesting history before that though. International NGO Leadership. Law and Advocacy.

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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. Habré has been accused of killing and systematically torturing thousands of political opponents.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. Dara Westling. Dara has possibly the longest title at TechSoup.

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

Connection Cafe

We’ve been holding internal meetings with our board every two weeks to let them know where we are, what’s going on, and how we can support them, as well as weekly calls with Division Directors of 160 universities and school programs that have infectious disease divisions. It’s hard to break through the noise. People have lost their jobs.

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Meet Marshall the Nonprofit Blogging Coach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm also very interested in the use of internal blogs. A large number of big corporations are using internal blogs to facilitate conversation between leadership and the rest of the organization. Mission statements can evolve organically, with each previous version available in the page history. That's very exciting, I think.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In some cases, the information is intended for use in court cases or international prosecution, to support a human rights report, or advocacy campaign. 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.

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