Into the ether

“Yet if these feelings of disgust all over the world could be united into common action, something effective could be done.” Peter Benenson May 1961. Elvis Presley is on the radio. Spurs fans are celebrating topping the football league...

It’s an important day for us as we publish our latest annual report – The State of the World’s Human Rights Today . And it’s not just important for us here. It’s a big day for any of us who, possibly for the first time, felt we could...

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Just 100 years ago women in the UK didn’t have the right to vote, they weren’t allowed to serve as magistrates or jurors, and they were barred from many professions. March 8 th is the 100 th anniversary of International Women’s Day –...

We all value the women and mothers in our lives and so we’re happy to be celebrating International Women’s Day, and saying thank you to our mums this March. Yet around the world many aren’t so fortunate and millions of women each year...

Governments and local authorities are starting to make their data available for re-use. Are we entering an new era of transparency? Obama launched data.gov , which offers feeds from various departments including the US defence...

The UK Government is obliged to protect, respect and fulfil women’s human rights. As the 2010 general election is coming up and a change of government is possible, all political parties must address violence against women. On Wednesday...

Last week I went to the ‘E-campaigning forum’ also named for the specialists as ‘ECF09′. The event is for people who are into online campaigning. It’s in Oxford and it’s a good opportunity to network with people from non-profit...

After a few weeks of number crunching, we’ve now put together a full case study of our 1:10 campaign for International Women’s Day and the impact it had. I think the presentation below speaks for itself, but I would also like to...

Friday morning, waiting for 1:10, was nerve-racking; When we asked all of you to change your status updates or tweet simultaneously, we really had no idea how it would go. As the time came however, it became apparent that it would all...

Snow, snow, snow. I know it’s all anybody has talked about all week but I’d like to chip in with Amnesty UK’s own snowy adventure. As some of you may know, we’ve been getting quite into Twitter of late (along with everyone else and his...