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Getting the government’s attention in New Zealand We often say that ‘leaders are moved by numbers’, so getting our numbers in front of decision-makers is crucial. We were really pleased to see the strong press attention to our 2022 human rights scores for New Zealand. The data The economic and social rights scores show that […]
We’re delighted to have a new peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of Human Rights: “The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights practices: Findings from the Human Rights Measurement Initiative’s 2021 Practitioner Survey” K Chad Clay, Mennah Abdelwahab, Stephen Bagwell, Morgan Barney, Eduardo Burkle, Tori Hawley, Thalia Kehoe Rowden, Meridith LaVelle, Asia Parker, and Matthew […]
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative is seeking a high-achieving, personable, detail-oriented intern to support the activities of our busy team to help us be even more effective in our outreach activities. Our ideal candidate is a highly organised self-starter, has an eye for detail, picks up new things quickly, with a great attitude to tackling both small […]
Are you a student looking for a meaningful human rights internship, for course credit, or in a paid role? Come and join us at the Human Rights Measurement Initiative. We are currently taking applications for 16-week remote internships beginning February or March 2022. We love hosting interns! HRMI interns quickly become core members of our […]
We’re delighted to have a new peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of Peace Research: “Using practitioner surveys to measure human rights: The Human Rights Measurement Initiative’s civil and political rights metrics” K Chad Clay, Ryan Bakker, Anne-Marie Brook, Daniel W Hill, Jr, Amanda Murdie, in Journal of Peace Research, October 2020 You can read it […]
In the coming year we want to extend our expert survey to more countries in East and South East Asia, and we’re asking for help to make this possible. Will you join us in our work to measure what matters? You can go straight to our Open Collective crowdfunding page to make a donation, or […]
HRMI co-founder, and civil and political rights metrics lead, K Chad Clay is interviewed by Chalin Askew for the season finale of new podcast The Delve. It’s an excellent conversation about the United States’ human rights record, covering police brutality, racial justice, family separation, and more, and Chalin is a great interviewer. Head to the […]
We are delighted to announce that we have joined Patreon so that human rights supporters all over the world can make financial contributions – large or small – to our work in measuring what matters. It looks like this: If you think our human rights measurement work is useful and important, and want to invest […]
It’s not just construction projects that can drive economic recovery as countries start to rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic. HRMI’s Strategy and Communication Lead, Thalia Kehoe Rowden, has written an op-ed, published in New Zealand newspapers, reminding governments that investing in jobs in ‘social infrastructure’ brings economic benefits: Jobs in the non-profit world are also […]
By Anne-Marie Brook, HRMI co-founder and strategy and development lead Our good news Securing funding for HRMI’s work is one of my roles and one that I never feel I have enough time for. But recently we’ve been on a bit of a roll. Here’s the good news. We’ve recently had our funding renewed from […]
We are thrilled to share with you the first ever HRMI Pacific Report. This report was produced with data from the new ‘Pacific Specific’ module for the 2020 human rights survey, a set of questions which only appears for survey respondents who are commenting on countries in the Pacific region. The themes covered in the […]
HRMI co-founder Anne-Marie Brook is interviewed by Megan Doepker for this episode of her This is Candor podcast. It’s an inspiring conversation, and Megan has great questions. Head to the podcast page for subscription links, or listen below. Thanks for your interest in HRMI. To explore our human rights scores, please visit our […]
What’s the difference between a protest and a riot? WUGA’s Gemma DiCarlo interviewed HRMI co-founder Chad Clay on the protest movement in the US, sparked by the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. You can listen to the article on WUGA. Thanks for your interest in HRMI. To explore our human rights scores, […]
Lo que se mide se mejora. Si quiere que se dé prioridad y que se mejoren los derechos humanos en su país, probablemente sepa que es necesario disponer de datos de medición sólidos y que se puedan comparar internacionalmente. Casi a diario se nos pide que ampliemos nuestras mediciones de derechos humanos a nuevos países. […]
Aroha mai, aroha atu: a key theme that emerged in conversations at the recent Pacific Region Co-Design Workshop was that if HRMI wanted to expand its human rights data collection work throughout the Pacific, there will need to be a reciprocal relationship, where HRMI are givers as well as receivers. Our annual human rights survey […]
In August, a group of 43 representatives from HRMI and the Pacific Region converged on Auckland for three days of connecting with one another, learning from one another, and exploring the potential for improving human rights in the region through expansion of HRMI’s human rights dataset. In the spirit of HRMI’s core values of collaboration […]
We’re delighted to announce that we’re holding our fourth international HRMI co-design workshop, this time focused on tracking human rights in the Pacific region. The workshop will be held in central Auckland, New Zealand, on 19-21 August, 2019. We have set ourselves a grand new challenge, in two parts: to expand our civil and political […]
