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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. million documents in the Guatemalan National Police Archive which was discovered by chance in 2005.

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The “All In” Woman Philanthropist

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the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran. We’ll explore this idea and more at All In, All Rise, WPI’s upcoming national symposium on gender, charitable giving and building an equitable philanthropic sector.

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. We can see the larger regional or national view. . The Source is owned by commercial or political interests who increasingly use spin . The person is left helpless and alienated - This f eels like Tiananmen. Some intuitively know and use the new model.

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Crowdsourcing Skills for Human Rights via Movements.org

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As The Daily Beast senior correspondent for national security and politics Josh Rogin put it : Movements.org "seeks to put activists in closed societies in touch with skilled people in the free world who can help them. It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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