Virtue & reputation online: a potentially deadly risk for women in many...
Online harassment of women is a global problem, with the consequences and the risks varying from country to country. In few places is the contrast between the internet’s liberating possibilities and...
View ArticleLack of education & limited language skills limit poor women's wider web use
Poor women in cities are using the internet just as much as more affluent women and men, but are less likely to use it to increase their income or engage with politics online, a study has found.The...
View ArticleMore Africans have access to cell phone service than piped water
In Africa, less than one in three people have a proper drainage system, half of the population live in areas without paved roads, and only 63% have access to piped water. Yet, 93% of Africans have cell...
View ArticleResponsible data for human rights funders
Open Technology Fund via International Human Rights Funders Group:Funders help in disseminating norms for responsible data through their communications with grantees. Funders can also play an important...
View ArticleMake your Tech4Good project come to life - apply to Internet Freedom Fund by...
The Internet Freedom Fund supports projects that develop open and accessible technologies promoting human rights and open societies, and help advance inclusive and safe access to global communications...
View ArticleU-Report, letting people in developing countries share opinions with decision...
U-Report is an app supported by UNICEF that allows a person in any country to text or tweet opinions to "decision makers." Only a basic mobile phone is needed – no need for a fancy smartphone or a...
View ArticleUNICEF calls out orgs developing tech solutions with the potential to help...
UNICEF is inviting technology start-ups developing solutions with the potential to improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children to apply for funding from its recently launched Innovation...
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New report sets baseline for NGOs and their use of online technology across 6...
A collaborative research project by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good, the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report is an inaugural effort to gain a better understanding of how...
View ArticleWhat kind of field tech will help you meet your mission?
James Sigala at NTEN sent this to the listserv a few months ago and I thought I’d share:For me, technology in the field conjures images of people out in the rainforest, donning machetes and lugging...
View ArticleDonate your used tech to homeless LGBT youth
An inspiring note and call to action from Christopher Wood at LGBT Technology Partnership & Institute:Dear Friends,We have set high expectations for 2016, which we have named “The Year of...
View Articlemobile web development tool
I have been looking for a mobile website builder because I am working in Papua New Guinea, where at present Internet coverage is patchy, sometimes slow and sometimes unreliable. However, it is a fairly...
View ArticleThe E-Access Bulletin is back.
The E-Access Bulletin has been a valuable source of news to anyone interested in digital accessibility for years but in mid-2015 there was a break in publication, at first this was due to logistical...
View Articleunintended consequences of Tech4Good initiatives (including hackathons)
Excerpts from an outstanding blog (IMO) by Ann Mei Chang, Executive Director at U.S. Global Development Lab at USAID:"despite the potential impact, distorted incentives encourage one-off, flashy pilots...
View ArticleFeds fire back on San Bernardino iPhone, noting that Apple has accommodated...
Feds (essentially): Wait a second, is this getting away from us in public opinion? Hey, hey, Apple worked with China before.Last month, the government obtained an unprecedented court order under the...
View ArticleICT4D Software kit
Someone in the UK who will shortly be coming to join us in Papua New Guinea asked me what software and tech kit he should bring with him. I came up with a fairly comprehensive list and then thought...
View ArticleWFP's mobile app helps collect food-security data
The World Food Programme's mobile vulnerability analysis and mapping initiative, called mVam, uses text messages and voice calls to learn about food security, writes Jean-Martin Bauer of WFP. The app...
View ArticleInternet access in Cuba - a community group event
A shock for me on my trip in Havana, Cuba last month was that, other than just before the airport departure gates, I never saw an Internet public access center. What I did see, more often at night,...
View ArticleRemote Sensing for Humanitarian Programs Workshop June 20 - 24, 2016 at Harvard
Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Programs WorkshopOrganisation: Harvard Humanitarian InitiativeLocation: United States of AmericaDate: 20 to 24 June 2016Time: 9am to 5pmThe 2016 Remote Sensing for...
View ArticleData, data and more data: what's next for nonprofits
New at marketsforgood.org:Jake Porway, founder and executive director of DataKind, uses his piece, The Trials and Tribulations of Data Visualization for Good, to explain that "data visualization...
View ArticleClimate Action Hackathon in Zambia
Weather and climate information doesn’t reach Africa’s most vulnerable communities. There’s no weather channel, very limited early warning systems, and limited capacity in National Hydro-Meteorological...
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