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July 11, 2017

Translators: Would you like to support a new human rights project?

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a start-up global social enterprise aiming to reinvent the way human rights data are produced and used, is seeking translators.

May 15, 2016

Here’s what we learned about global conferences and social media

Written by An Xiao Mina · Activism

In #RightsCon Conference, we translated 444 Tweets — 172 to Arabic, 259 to Spanish. That’s 148 Tweets/day, or roughly 19 Tweets/hour. Here’s what we learned about global conferences.

April 20, 2015

An Extract for the First #GVMeetup in Dar es Salaam

Written by Christian Bwaya · GV Meetups

A look back at the #GVMeetup in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, hosted by Global Voices in Swahili and KINU Innovation Hub.

October 11, 2014

#GVfamily

Written by Marianna Breytman · 10th Anniversary

That first translation has opened so many doors for me, including everything from expanding my professional network to making new friends all over the world who are always there to...

October 3, 2014

Happy years of listening, translating , writing… and talking!

Written by Suzanne Lehn · Celebration

Please don't infer from these accounts of "firsts" that I am looking in the rear-view mirror. Indeed those past years were full and rich in every sense. We learned and...