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ICT4HR World Bank Report with Dd authors released ICT4HR World Bank Report with Dd authors released
Happy International Human Rights Day, everyone. This year, the focus of Human Rights Day — on Monday & beyond — is the rights of all people to make their voices heard, regardless of their age, gender, race, religion, geography or economic standing. In honor of that mission, we want to share with you a new report, #ICT4HR, co-authored by [Molly Land][1], [Patrick Meier][2] and Dd’s co-founders Mark Belinsky & Emily Jacobi. Read more…
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Redefine what’s possible with Dd Redefine what’s possible with Dd
Today we’re launching a campaign to share our partners’ stories, bring your voice into the conversation & work together to redefine possibility. Read more…
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Resilience & Response: Sandy in Haiti, New York & Beyond Resilience & Response: Sandy in Haiti, New York & Beyond
This post is excerpted from a letter sent Friday, November 2, 2012 via the Dd Newsletter (Sign Up Here!) following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy & includes links below to articles by Emily published in the Huffington Post about our partners in Haiti. Read more…
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Upcoming Haiti Hackathon: From Local Solutions to National Systems Upcoming Haiti Hackathon: From Local Solutions to National Systems
On February 1-3, 2013, Digital Democracy is hosting a Hackathon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, inviting local and international developers & designers to address these questions. Focused on supporting the life-saving work of Haitian women’s organization KOFAVIV, the hackathon will help them expand their services to survivors of rape & gender-based violence across Haiti. Read more…
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Remote Access: Connecting Threatened Communities Remote Access: Connecting Threatened Communities
At Digital Democracy, we’re passionate about the opportunities new technologies create to disrupt how information is communicated & shared, especially across traditional divides - urban/rural, rich/poor, majority/minority, and many more. However these opportunities also come with new challenges & risks - when marginalized groups use new tools that amplify their voices, they can also encounter new obstacles. That’s why we emphasize digital literacy to help our partners understand new tools, digital organizing to use those tools to address pressing human rights challenges, and digital citizenship to connect communities with power structures. Read more…
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Dd Haiti: Reflections from a first visit Dd Haiti: Reflections from a first visit
“As a small grassroots group, we are not supposed to have access to these kinds of systems,” Jocie Philistin, Program Coordinator for our partner, KOFAVIV, recently told us in Haiti. She continued, “Now, tech is at the core of our organization and allows us to be better at all parts of our work.” Jocie was referring to the systems we — Dd and KOFAVIV — have built together that, upon my first visit to Haiti, I was seeing with my own eyes: the 572 Call Center and KOFAVIV database. Read more…
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Mapping Injustice: the three areas of work for Dd’s next steps. Mapping Injustice: the three areas of work for Dd’s next steps.
We’re excited to share the plans and prospects that lie ahead for Digital Democracy following the Board’s recent meeting in Haiti. The Board has outlined directives for programming in three categories: Direct Implementation, Tool-Building & Local-to-Global Engagement. The plans outlined mark significant growth for Dd. We are eager to share this overview of what lies ahead and invite you to join us in making it all possible! Read more…
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Introducing our Board of Directors Introducing our Board of Directors
Off the coattails of our recent Board Retreat and Meeting in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, we want to take a moment to officially introduce the three members of the Digital Democracy (Dd) inaugural Board of Directors: Michael Gaouette (Chair), Janet Harris & Vince Warren. Read more…
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Advisor Profile: Rebecca Norlander on Human Rights & Technology Advisor Profile: Rebecca Norlander on Human Rights & Technology
Rebecca Joy Norlander is a PhD candidate focused on the intersection of digital tools and social transformation. She first joined Dd as a volunteer in 2011 and is now one of our Strategic Advisors, helping us broaden our exposure to the many different ways digital tools are creating opportunities for empowerment and peace. Read more…
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572 Call Center in Haiti now open 24 hours 572 Call Center in Haiti now open 24 hours
In September of last year Dd launched the first emergency response hotline for rape and sexual violence in Haiti with our local partner KOFAVIV. As of May 1, we are proud to announce the 572 Emergency Response Hotline is open 24 hours a day. No matter the time of day or night, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) including rape, sexual violence and domestic violence in Haiti can call 572 to access critical support and services. Read more…