Empowering marginalized communities to use technology to fight for their human rights

  • Reflections from #HaitiHack – Sparking a local movement

    In February, Dd brought together an unlikely mix of international software developers & designers, Haitian technical students and members of Haitian women’s organization KOFAVIV to host Haiti’s first Hackathon, a three-day event designed to encourage collaboration between these diverse...

  • Expanding Access to Haiti’s Gender-Based Violence Call Center

    Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Starting March 8, 2013 the KOFAVIV Gender-based Violence Call Center received nearly 2000 calls over the course of a mere 48 hours. Thankfully, the influx of calls was not a result of a spike in violence in Haiti, but rather a response to a campaign launched by Digicel in honor...

  • First Hackathon to be held in Haiti: Cross-cultural collaboration to create community-driven solutions

    February 1-3, 2013 –  This weekend, Digital Democracy – along with partners KOFAVIV, ESIH & more – is hosting “From Local Solutions to National Systems,” a Hackathon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We’re thrilled to be convening a talented group of Haitian & international developers,...

  • Digital Democracy selected as a winner of the Knight News Mobile Challenge

    Digital Democracy is thrilled to announce we have been named as one of eight winners of  the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight News Challenge on Mobiles. Support from Knight Foundation will enable us to launch Remote Access this spring, an initiative aimed at empowering remote and off-the-grid...

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