digital democracy - handheld human rights details
DESCRIPTION
Making human rights accessible and actionable • Disseminate key information and messages to field workers. • Facilitate communication between groups working on these issues. • Collect data that can be mapped on the site. • Rapidly spread news of human rights violations to the international community and advocacy groups.TRANSCRIPT
DIGITAL DEMOCRACY
WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO CONNECT PEOPLE THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENCOURAGE
EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.
1Wednesday, September 16, 2009
HANDHELD HUMAN RIGHTS
MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS ACCESSIBLE AND ACTIONABLE
• DISSEMINATE KEY INFORMATION AND MESSAGES TO FIELD WORKERS.
• FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GROUPS WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.
• COLLECT DATA THAT CAN BE MAPPED ON THE SITE.
• RAPIDLY SPREAD NEWS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND ADVOCACY GROUPS.
2Wednesday, September 16, 2009
EVENT:A CHIN WOMAN IS RAPED BY BURMESE SOLDIERS IN NORTHWEST
BURMA.
LOCAL RESPONSE:HANDHELD HUMAN RIGHTS ALLOWS THIS INCIDENT TO BE REPORTED VIA SMS ON INDIAN CELL PHONE AND SECURELY BROADCAST OVER
THE BORDER TO AIZAWL, CHIANG MAI, KUALA LAMPUR. THIS ABUSE IS THEN DATABASED & MAPPED. A TEXT MESSAGE GOES OUT TO ALL CONSTITUENTS OF _ HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TO COORDINATE ACTION
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE:AT THE SAME TIME, THE INFO IS RELAYED ONTO THE CELL PHONE OF A
WOMAN IN NEW YORK AS SHE IS ON HER WAY TO WORK. THE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT SHE IS CONNECTED TO IS BUILDING
A CASE FOR CHARGING THE BURMESE GOVERNMENT WITH SYSTEMATIZED VIOLENCE AND GENOCIDE, AND THIS UPDATE ALLOWS HER TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON INTERNATIONAL LAWMAKERS, AND
BUILD MORE GRASSROOTS SUPPORT.
3Wednesday, September 16, 2009
SECURE COORDINATIONGEOCHAT ENCOURAGES A SHARED AWARENESS OF WHO IS DOING WHAT WHERE – AND IT DOES IT OVER ANY DEVICE, ON
ANY PLATFORM, AND OVER ANY NETWORK.
4Wednesday, September 16, 2009
MAP-BASED CHAT VIA MOBILE PHONES
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OPPORTUNITIES
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PERSISTENT ANONYMITY
8Wednesday, September 16, 2009
SYSTEM DETAILS
9Wednesday, September 16, 2009
INFORMATION SHARINGUSHAHIDI MEANS “TESTIMONY” IN SWAHILI
10Wednesday, September 16, 2009
PUBLIC VIEW
11Wednesday, September 16, 2009
LOGIN VIEW
12Wednesday, September 16, 2009
FILTERING: APPROVAL AND VERIFICATION
13Wednesday, September 16, 2009
FLEXIBLE DATABASE
14Wednesday, September 16, 2009
INTEGRATED ADVOCACY & EASY ANALYTICS
15Wednesday, September 16, 2009
ALERTS SYSTEM
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HANDHELD HUMAN RIGHTS
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@DIGIDEMWORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO CONNECT PEOPLE
THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENCOURAGE EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.
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