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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re honored to support the process towards justice and accountability at this critical time in Guatemala’s history. Through projects that integrated statistical analyses into multidisciplinary human rights work, we engaged in the public debate about human rights violations in Colombia. and the European Union.

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Counting the Uncounted

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

History, victims, and the survivors need to know how many people have been killed and disappeared in Casanare,” said Tamy Guberek, the study's lead author and the Benetech Human Rights Program Latin America Coordinator. Tags: HRDAG human rights disappearances Casanare Colombia. Makes you think about what was going on, doesn't it?

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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As the worldwide debate continues about the release of government information by Wikileaks, history has shown that the uncovering of government data can be an important factor in human rights investigations.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

It had had a really interesting history before that though. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. International Women's Day came about in its current form in 1975. That year, the United Nations declared International Women's Year , and began sponsoring International Women's Day every March 8.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Where it has been getting integrated into social justice organizing, it's largely been outside the United States, in places like Colombia and Egypt. Throughout history, they've taken a wide variety of technologies and used them strategically to move their campaigns forward. Social justice organizers are a pretty creative bunch.

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Make #GivingTuesday 2021 Count!

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Andrea Ortega, Director of Nonprofit Services Andrea hails from Cali, Colombia by way of Miami, FL. with a BA in history and a minor in nonprofit management. She has a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and is currently pursuing her Ph.D.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. In its nearly 1,400 year history the civilization of Islam has developed immense diversity. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground.