African Elections Project

African Elections Project

Location: Ghana
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An online information portal covering and monitoring elections in ten African countries and in three languages.

Guatemala Visible

Guatemala Visible

Location: Guatemala
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Representatives from more than 41 organizations put the spotlight on the selection process of key public office nominees.

Penang Watch

Penang Watch

Location: Malaysia
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Penang Watch is an online complaint channel run by a citizens group with the aim of monitoring and improving local democracy.

Waste Incineration and Environmental Protection

Waste Incineration and Environmental Protection

Location: China
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A community forum brought residents together to protest against construction of a waste incinerator in Guangzhou, China.

Kubatana.net

Kubatana.net

Location: Zimbabwe
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Kubatana.net aggregates and disseminates information from a network of over 200 organizations in Zimbabwe to encourage advocacy.

Mumbai Votes

Mumbai Votes

Location: India
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Mumbai Votes tracks politicians and political parties, comparing their promises to performance in order to better inform voters.

Map Kibera

Map Kibera

Location: Kenya
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Map Kibera is a collaborative attempt to create a public digital map of Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums.

#InternetNecesario

#InternetNecesario

Location: Mexico
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Two different platforms helped bridge protest against a tax on the internet from Twitter to Mexico's Congress.

Adote um Vereador

Adote um Vereador

Location: Brazil
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Adote um vereador encourages Brazilian citizens to blog about the work of their local elected officials in order to hold them accountable.

Sithi

Sithi

Location: Cambodia
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Sithi is a Cambodian human rights portal that aims to crowdsource and curate reports of human rights violations.