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Weekly Member Round Up: Technology and World Change

NTEN

World Change, by Glennharper Here at NTEN we talk about the power of technology to change the world every day - in part, by allowing unheard voices, information, and numerical data to speak in new and meaningful ways. This week our members inspire us with change and the technology driving it. Have more news to share?

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Science and Technology Partnerships with Africa: Opportunities for European Foundations

Tech Soup

European Foundation Week Session: Science and Technology Partnerships with Africa: Opportunities for European Foundations – presented by the South African Department of Science and Technology, as part of the European South African Science and Technology Advancement Programme , 31st May 2010. read more.

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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books. Our collection includes children’s books from Scholastic, contemporary books from Arab Scientific Publishers in Lebanon and literary books from the public domain from Kotobarabia in Egypt.

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Advancing the New Machine: A Recap from the Human Rights and Technology Conference

Tech Soup

MacArthur Foundation and Humanity United , held their second Human Rights and Technology conference at the new David Brower Center. John Lyman from Google.org laid out three key themes in deploying technology products in the developing world: Remember the context and environment in which you are using technology.

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Building a Global Library

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The WSIS conference is going on, human rights activists are getting beaten up, and we're talking about how information technology can help build a better world. A tech guy from Egypt was the standout moment for me so far. A tech guy from Egypt was the standout moment for me so far.

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Racing Through the Sahara for South African NGOs

Tech Soup

SANGONeT's mission is to help the approximately 100,000 NGOs operating in South Africa with technological and computing support. In addition to helping provide very deserving NGOs with technological resources the run also seeks to encourage awareness and connections among and between NGOs and the very people these organizations serve.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Susan Bazilli, an international human rights attorney, recently brought Martus to the attention of the women's rights community in Africa, through a posting to the Women's Information Technology Transfer site. And all this is on top of Martus work we're actively engaged with in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt.

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