Open Heroines: Closing the gender gap – and the feedback loop.
Emily Fung and Sarah Orton-Vipond | February 4, 2020 There is a gender gap in the open government field. Women…
LabStorms are collaborative brainstorming sessions where a group of organizations come together to help one organization wrestle with a feedback-related challenge. They operate in Chatham House rule, meaning no information will be tied back to a particular attendee, but in these blogs we share the anonymized major learnings from each session. If you would like to participate in an upcoming LabStorm (either in person or by videoconference), please drop Corey a note via [email protected]
Data for the SDGs – Old Tricks with New Twists
Emily Castro | January 16, 2020 Data are crucial to informing how we design sustainable solutions for development. In order…
Mobile Money for Social Good
Chris Duffus | December 18, 2019 The traditional financial system excludes many users worldwide – depending on your location, or…
Leveraging Feedback to Support People Using Cameras to Defend Human Rights
Priscila NeriNovember 26, 2019 What does it take to be a human rights defender? In 2019, it could be as…
The Value of Conversation
We live in an age of metrics. More often than not, complex problems get reduced to numbers. In international development, we often try to make decisions based on these numbers. But what is there that numbers can’t say?
What do students think? Innovating Vocational Education in India with TISS-SVE
Leena Chandran-Wadia and Neela DabirNovember 4, 2019 The Tata Institute of Social Sciences School of Vocational Education (TISS-SVE) is changing…
LabStorm: Making a data-driven constituent accountability mechanism to protect human rights
OVD-Info is a human rights project that monitors politically-motivated prosecutions in Russia. They run a telephone hotline and legal chatbot, provide lawyers in court and pay for the work of analysts and journalists to protect human rights.
LabStorm: Measuring Impact with Stakeholder Voice
Sopact is a software company, based out of the San Francisco Bay area, on a mission to make Impact measurement and management simple. With cutting edge technology, Sopact helps social sector organizations measure their impact through a dashboard with a variety of indicators. The results can be used to direct and apply changes to their methodologies.
LabStorm: Bringing Integrity Icon to the US
Integrity Icon, Accountability Lab’s flagship program, has become a global movement – on the ground, online and through the media – to celebrate and encourage honest government officials.
LabStorm: Putting Communities at the Heart of Disaster Recovery
La Maraña is a woman-led, participatory design non-profit that empowers Puerto Ricans to improve their cities and communities. In the aftermath of Hur