directory of more than 1300 tech4good projects
The Social Tech Guidesocialtechguide.org.ukFrom Nominet Trust, a UK-based charity "celebrating the world’s most inspiring tech for good."The Social Tech Guide is an online directory of more than 1300...
View ArticleOvercoming gender-based digital exclusion in northern Nigeria: A strategy...
Overcoming gender-based digital exclusion in northern Nigeria: A strategy documentAlthough in a number of countries the gender dimension of the digital divide has been bridged, this is not so in...
View Articlevolunteer opportunities to apply Linux admin skills?
Someone on Quora has asked if there are part-time volunteer opportunities where the person can apply his/her Linux admin skills. The person says, "I’ve worked as an admin for LAMP stack servers off an...
View ArticleSmartphone app for women in Punjab to report harassment
A smartphone app enabling women to immediately, easily report incidents of harassment to police in Pakistan’s Punjab province went live this week as authorities step up efforts to promote women’s...
View ArticleInternet for All initiative by World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a membership organization that provides a platform for the world’s 1,000 leading companies to shape a better future. The Forum engages businesses in projects and initiatives...
View Articlenew research on apps use in humanitarian situations
"Messaging apps are the fastest growing form of digital communication ever, with smartphone ownership rising rapidly around the world and messaging becoming many people’s favourite way to communicate....
View ArticleSisTec in Sierra Leone
Sierra Sustainable Technolgy-SisTec is a non-profit and non-governmental organization in Sierra Leone, established in 2007. SiSTec is a social enterprise and human rights organization focusing on...
View Articleconcerns re: Internet rights in Cameroon
Forwarded messageFrom: Phil Wilmot <phil@wagingnonviolence.org>Hi everyone, My name is Phil, and I am a board member of Solidarity Uganda which organized a #WebWeWant campaign alongside you all....
View Articlerole of digital translation tech in refugee/immigrant experiences...
Maisa C. Taha, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Montclair State University <taham@mail.montclair.edu>, is looking for any papers, articles, blogs, etc. re: the role of digital...
View Articletext messages to doctors in India to help curb black market for organs
Doctors in India are getting text alerts reminding them to ask families to donate organs of their deceased loved ones as part of a nationwide campaign to solve the country's organ shortage that has...
View ArticleOne third of UK councils fail web accessibility testing.
Disability campaigners around the world know that website accessibility is a huge issue despite largely unenforced equality legislation and years of hard work. This story comes from e-Access Bulletin,...
View ArticleTech Groups Underestimate Complexity of Human Rights Issues
Tech Groups Underestimate Complexity of Human Rights IssuesExcerpt:On one hand, technologists understand their tools, but they don’t understand the context in which human rights organizations operate....
View Article#IDETECT: Internal Displacement Event Tagging Extraction and Clustering Tool...
#IDETECT: how technology and collaboration between innovators can help ensure “no one is left behind”.The #IDETECT challenge is open to the general public, private entities and academic organisations....
View ArticleRodent free computing
Apologies for promoting my own work but....I have just returned to Scotland after two years living in Papua New Guinea, spending part of my free time writing.Some people use keyboard commands instead...
View ArticleDigital Readiness Gaps
From the Open University MA Online & Distance Education NewsletterFor many years, concerns about “digital divides” centred primarily on whether people had access to digital technologies. Now, those...
View ArticlePosters for low vision users
I have found time to upload some four posters that I have made for training rooms / libraries / public computing facilities that have patrons with visual problems, which includes of course many older...
View Articlecreate a data literacy toolkit for nonprofit organizations
-- forwarded message --TNB Labs Announces New PartnershipTNB Labs is excited to announce our new partnership with the Engagement Lab at Emerson College and the MIT Center for Civic Media. On January...
View ArticleMarkets for Good and digitalimpact.io merging
Markets for Good and digitalimpact.io , two initiatives of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, are merging. All of the content, collaboration, and digital exploration of these two...
View ArticleFishackathon: finding solutions re: unsustainable fishing
Overfishing harms the marine environment and diminishes the already meager income of small scale fishermen. Fishackathon was launched in 2014 by the U.S. Department of State to bring together computer...
View ArticleWhatsApp proves harbinger of hope for Somali families on the brink of famine
Humanitarian organisations have been warning that 6.2 million Somalis are on the brink of famine, desperate for the support of an international relief operation that is still proving slow in its...
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