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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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Make #GivingTuesday 2021 Count!

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Andrea Ortega, Director of Nonprofit Services Andrea hails from Cali, Colombia by way of Miami, FL. with a BA in history and a minor in nonprofit management. We want to ensure you’re prepared to share your nonprofit’s story and successfully navigate this worldwide giving event! Share your story.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. In its nearly 1,400 year history the civilization of Islam has developed immense diversity. Do you have a story about global philanthropy you'd like share? We connect the local with global resources.”

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

Connection Cafe

We wanted to share stories of that help and local support, otherwise everything would have been confounded in misery. Imagine living amidst conflict in Yemen, or avoiding your backyard in Colombia because there may be weapons leftover from war that are contaminating your land. Individual teachers and schools were.

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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. The location was chosen by the conference organizers so that the participants could observe and learn from Cambodia’s own history of recovering from the Khmer Rouge period.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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A truly remarkably story of very every day mothers and daughters in Liberia who were just so sick of the civil war between Charles Taylor, and then the rebels in Liberia, being funded with Sierra Leone diamonds essentially, that they mobilized an entire community of women around peace. KR: Actually that is the easiest part of this job.

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