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FMR 38 What Ushahidi can do to track displacement

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Ushahidi is an interactive mapping tool for use in crisis situations, which humanitarian workers can use to help them target assistance.
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Galya Ruffer
Keywords
interactive mapping tool
ushahidi
technology
humanitarian efforts
forced migration review
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:11:02

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FMR 38 Phoning home

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Simply having access to technology does not resolve the problem of communication between displaced people and their families.
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Linda Leung
Keywords
communication
technology
displacement
forced migration review
phone
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:12:26

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FMR 38 Web-based monitoring in an insecure environment

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UNHCR has developed Project Tracking and IDP databases for its work in Iraq in order to facilitate its operations at a lower risk to all stakeholders and to improve financial accountability, oversight and transparency.
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Andrew Harper
Keywords
web-based monitoring
technology
forced migration review
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:13:50

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FMR 38 Remote visual evidence of displacement

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Geospatial technologies such as satellite imagery provide a means of 'reaching' a conflict zone when on-the-ground reporting may be too dangerous, a region too remote, or access denied.
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Susan Wolfinbarger
Jessica Wyndham
Keywords
technology
displacement
forced migration review
remote visual evidence
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:16:46

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FMR 38 Open access to scholarly research

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Forced migration authors hold the key to enabling free and unfettered access to the full text of research articles.
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Elisa Mason
Keywords
technology
open access
forced migration review
research
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:05:54

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FMR 38 Luxembourg-UNHCR-Skype synergies

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A recent strategic partnership between UNHCR, the Government of Luxembourg and communications software provider Skype is keeping UNHCR staff in hardship locations in touch with their families and friends.
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Antoine Bertout
Marc de Bourcy
Mohammad Faisal
Keywords
unhcr
technology
luxembourg
forced migration review
skype
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:11:26

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FMR 38 Access to information - inclusive or exclusive?

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Do new technologies increase access to information and knowledge for all, or are they deepening a technological divide?
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Sandra Krause
Diana Quick
Keywords
social networking
technology
forced migration review
maternal health
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:14:16

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FMR 38 Early warning of mass atrocity crimes

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The use of new technologies for early warning systems can help reduce people's vulnerability to mass violence.
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Phoebe Wynn-Pope
Keywords
early warning systems
technology
mass violence
forced migration review
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:11:24

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FMR 38 Technology in aid of learning for isolated refugees

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The lack of higher education opportunities for refugees, many of whom flee before being able to complete their education, is a widely acknowledged problem.
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Petra Dankova
Clotilde Giner
Keywords
technology
education
refugees
forced migration review
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:12:04

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FMR 38 The only constant is change

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Advances in information and communications technology are offering new solutions to a range of operational challenges experienced in the field. Can the humanitarian community's providers of telecommunications services keep up with the pace of change?
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The technology issue (Forced Migration Review 38)
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Mariko Hall
Keywords
telecommunications
technology
humanitarian community
forced migration review
ict
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 16/04/2013
Duration: 00:13:28

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