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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re honored to support the process towards justice and accountability at this critical time in Guatemala’s history. Through projects that integrated statistical analyses into multidisciplinary human rights work, we engaged in the public debate about human rights violations in Colombia. and the European Union. and Catherine T.

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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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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. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground. In its nearly 1,400 year history the civilization of Islam has developed immense diversity.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's what the author said: "Funny, I clicked on this post from Twitter expecting a realistic conversation about the limitations of social media tools. IMO, social media tools are pretty poor at changing anything that takes more than one or two mouse-clicks. Most change, unfortunately, doesn't happen at the end of a mouse-click.

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

Connection Cafe

a well-wishes email, helpful tools, special events, etc.)? 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. Did you release any pandemic-specific messaging to your audiences (e.g. If so, what did that look like?

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Meet Marshall the Nonprofit Blogging Coach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am 28 years old and am just beginning to work in consulting and training in the use of new web tools for research and communication. Maybe some of these new tools to be leveraged for purposes connected to fighting injustices. Mission statements can evolve organically, with each previous version available in the page history.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Human rights activists there operate in a dangerous climate and it is important that they be trained and supported with the very best tools. 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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