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Benetech and ThoughtWorks Co-Host a Workshop on Secure Information Management and Data Collection
Long before Edward Snowden's revelations, the Benetech Human Rights Program has provided secure and open information management and data collection…
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Benetech Signs Joint Letter from Civil Society Organizations to Foreign Ministers of Freedom Online Coalition Member States
On April 8, 2014, former United States National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden testified before the Parliamentary Assembly of…
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Benetech Human Rights Program and Access Examine Digital Security for LGBTI Activists in the African Region
The African region has seen rising levels of homophobia over the last several months. Amidst the changing climate of restrictive,…
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Volunteering for Social Change
Did you know that April is National Volunteer Month? We’d like to take this opportunity to recognize and thank Benetech’s…
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Digital Equity and Individual Rights in the Age of Big Data: Highlights from the Skoll World Forum
Business, government, and civil society are looking at big data as the new “holy grail” to better sell products, deliver…
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Reuters Article on Jim Fruchterman’s Big Data Panel at Skoll World Forum
Reporting from Oxford, England, where the Skoll World Forum is underway, a Reuters article quotes CEO Jim Fruchterman’s discussion during…
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2023
- Business Mirror: An ebook Library for Those with Reading Barriers
- School Library Journal: Serving Blind and Low-Vision Children Well Benefits All Students. Here Are Suggestions.
- Publisher’s Weekly: Lerner Publishing Group’s New Partnership Centers Accessibility
- Publishing Perspectives: Pearson Named A Benetech Global Certified Accessible Publisher
- National Federation of the Blind (NFB): Getting Books on Time with Bookshare
- BBC News: Visually-impaired Nottingham Law Student Praises Book Scheme
2022
- Government Technology: DoE Grant to Fund Digital Materials for Disabled Students
- Forbes: How AI Is Being Used To Help Blind Students ‘Visualize’ Graphs And Charts
- K-12 Dive: Nonprofit Uses AI to Make STEM Materials More Accessible
- Edutopia: Tools for Supporting Students With Reading Disabilities
- Eyes on Success Podcast: 2214 Bookshare Reader for Smart Speakers
- AppleVis Podcast: AppleVis Extra #85: Hema Natarajan Discusses the Upcoming Bookshare Reader Suite for Web, Mobile, and Smart Speaker
- Duke Fuqua Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship: Why We’re Excited About Benetech’s Impact Potential
- K-12 Dive: 3 Inclusive Education Myths Busted
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