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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. If you want to see the data historically, be sure to visit the site and press “Play&# on the map.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. Many of our trainees and journalists in Nepal do have children. I have a story that you have to hear.'"

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The Mismeasure of War

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our human rights team cares deeply about the issue of truth in human rights reporting. First, the mortality estimates of children under five described in Figure 2.1 A convenience sample is simply data that canbe conveniently observed via witness accounts, press sources, or other means. Quite the opposite.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. What are those issues or areas right now that you are seeing really need the most help?

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