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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HRDAG analysis of this information was carried out with the support of the current governments and NGO communities in both these counties. 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.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

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Through projects that integrated statistical analyses into multidisciplinary human rights work, we engaged in the public debate about human rights violations in Colombia. First, in partnership with Colombian NGO CorporaciĆ³n Punto de Vista, we assessed a methodology for studying conflict-related sexual violence in the country.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

International NGO Leadership. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. Lisa Pool , founder and executive director of the Technology Affinity Group. Nonprofit Technology Leadership. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. Karen Graham and Laura Quinn from Idealware. Law and Advocacy.

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Doctors without Borders Podcast Creates Connection

Have Fun - Do Good

It was a little over 10 minutes long and talked about medical needs in Sudan, the ongoing challenges in Colombia and how people with HIV/AIDS in the developing world are being denied access to new "second-line" AIDS medicine. (My I just listened to the first podcast.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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Our HumanRights team, including Benetech Research Fellow Amelia Hoover and fieldconsultants Tamy Guberek and Daniel GuzmƃĀ”n, presented our initial findings on violations in Colombia to an enthusiastic audience of ICC investigators and analysts. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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This Young Woman Keeps Her Gloves On: Maria Estela Godinez

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colombia???s He is interested in NGO activities, including youth leadership and education. As she made every move everybody was fascinated with her story. s Minister of Communications began to cry in her front row seat; deeply touched, as most of us were. We were all listening to every word she said.

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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. As the week progressed, we considered the difficulties faced by Afghani groups who seek to build an NGO community in a place of conflict with few resources.

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