- Why WITNESS and Other Nonprofits Are Adopting the Serious Business of Monitoring and Evaluation Anyone in the nonprofit world knows that “impact” and “engagement” are the buzzwords du jour. But more than a passing fad, impact evaluation is serious business – one that many of us in the social change realm grapple with every day.
- All Eyes on London: The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence In Conflict Bukeni will join hundreds of activists, NGO and government representatives and media to discuss concrete actions towards promoting justice for survivors of sexual violence.
- Lessons from RightsCon: Human Rights and Technology Leading human rights experts, investors, corporate leaders, engineers, activists, and government representatives came together to tackle some of the toughest human rights challenges in tech today.
- Can 114 Videos Tell One Story about Forced Evictions in Rio? A video curation project brings together over 100 powerful videos to show how forced evictions unfolded across Rio de Janeiro.
- Evict Them! In 5 Easy Steps A new animated video aims to make the human rights issues inherent in forced evictions more accessible.
- Co-presence: A New Way to Bring People Together for Human Rights Activism How can we use the sense of being together with other people in a remote environment to drive concrete, productive actions and engagement for human rights change?
- Take the Social Tech Census: A New Tool to Map the Best Digital Resources for Advocates From the Arab Spring to Occupy, the events of 2011 highlighted the potential of new technologies for advocacy. But new tools are more likely to facilitate social impact if they’re used by people with the right training and support.
- Video Advocacy Example: New Voices in Sex Workers’ Rights Activism As advances in technology democratize the media field, its makers are becoming more and more diverse, presenting a prime opportunity for traditional advocates to become facilitators and traditional “victims” to become actors in advocacy scenarios.
- Kony 2012: Juggling Advocacy, Audience and Agency When Using #Video4Change "Kony 2012" is now the most rapidly disseminated human rights video ever. In six days it reached an aggregate 100 million views – faster than other pop culture phenomena like Susan Boyle (9 days), Rebecca Black (45 days) and ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ (445 days).
- When an Advocacy Video Misses Its Mark I've seen a lot of advocacy videos - three years ago I helped start the WITNESS Hub and have been scouring the web for creative, innovative and effective advocacy videos ever since. Throughout, there is one genre of advocacy videos that has always has been the most polarizing: comedy.
- Forensic Anthropology, Video, and Archives In mid-April, an episode of NPR program "Speaking of Faith," featuring a representative of the Argentine forensic anthropology team (EAAF) aired. The guest spoke about how recovering the remains of victims of repressive regimes leads to healing, the re-writing of history, and the prosecution of justice.
- Video: Water Kills Installation Public installations can be incredibly powerful to engage folks and provoke discussion, amazement and inspiration. This water-focused video produced for SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL, a humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster, documents one of the most innovative installations I've seen and the video is gorgeous.
- Archiving cellphone video Earlier this week amateur cellphone video surfaced corroborating that casualties suffered in the August 22 US airstrike on the Afghan village of Azizabad were much higher than the military has been willing to admit. The Times published a piece by Carlotta Gall "Evidence Points to Civilian Toll in Afghan Raid," which also includes a link to some of the video (edited due to graphic content).
- I-Witness Video, archives & advocacy Saturday’s Times had an update on the continuing efforts of the city of NY to force I-Witness Video to turn over hundreds of hours of videotapes shot during the 2004 protests at the Republican National Convention. For those unfamiliar with this story, this small group of activists mobilized hundreds of citizens with video cameras with […]
- Rural Women to Report Human Rights Violations Against Them Using Mobile Phones The UmNyango Project will use SMS technology for rural women and men to access information to and report incidences of violence against women and children, as well as violations of women¹s right to land. This initiative will be tested out in Dondotha, KwaDlangezwa, KwaGcwensa, Limehill and Muden, and if successful, will be rolled out on […]
