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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. Through projects that integrated statistical analyses into multidisciplinary human rights work, we engaged in the public debate about human rights violations in Colombia.

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How Nonprofits Can Steward Corporate Donors on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Global FoodBanking Network, FedEx, and International Paper. GFN recently posted on Facebook and Instagram about a unique collaboration that involved two of its corporate donors, International Paper and FedEx. International Paper and FedEx worked together to leverage their core competencies.

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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. International NGO Leadership. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. Law and Advocacy.

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Colombia’s “False Positives�

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Guest blog from Beatriz, one of Benetech's human rights team members in Colombia. But today's mood in Colombia is more somber than usual. The ugly truth is out, and it is being picked up by international media that can hardly be accused of cozying up to the guerrilla, such as the New York Times.

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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

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The past year of research by HRDAG analysts has supported key criminal prosecutions and uncovered the truth about political violence in Guatemala, Iran, Colombia, Chad and Liberia. They contained detailed accounts of the interrogations, movements, and deaths of prisoners, as well as information on the internal functioning of the DDS.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Patrick Ball is in Colombia for most of the next three months teaching the techniques of human rights statistics and information processing at the National University there. Our human rights group is active all over the place right now. Africa is definitely getting more attention from us. Kristen Cibelli is on her way to Uganda right now.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of our biggest areas of work is in Colombia, a place where violence and human rights abuses are not a thing of the past. They concentrate on recovering the remains of the many people disappeared during Colombia's complex and violent internal conflicts. One of the EQUITAS staff was assaulted last month multiple times.

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