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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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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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

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Announcing The Art of Relevance Audiobook! Get Your for Free Today.

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You can also listen to a five-minute sample from the introduction to get a sense of what it sounds like. If you have never listened to an audiobook and want to try it out, you can sign up for a free trial membership with Audible and get a copy of The Art of Relevance for free.

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Guatemalan Police Archive Finds Evidence in Disappearance Case

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A Guest Beneblog by Tamy Guberek (Benetech HRDAG team member from Colombia) There is important news this month from our partners at the Guatemalan National Police Archive, which has worked since 2006 with Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG).

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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

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Both SIGACTS and the press and other data published by the IBC are convenience samples , i.e. they are not generated with the help of a random selection process. This method has been used for estimating large-scale killings in Guatemala , Kosovo , Perú , Srebrenica , East Timor , and Colombia , among others.

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