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 […]
Did you miss the webinar for our 2020 Rights Tracker data launch? We have put together a YouTube playlist of 29 short clips from the webinar for your convenience. Feel free to watch and share! Rights Tracker Click here to explore the 2020 Rights Tracker. Full webinar The full webinar is also available on YouTube. […]
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 […]
We will release our 2020 human rights scores on 24/25 June and we’re very much looking forward to sharing them with the world. You are warmly invited to our online launch event, and be among the first in the world to explore the human rights data. Please register here. Journalists can sign up to receive […]
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 […]
Collaboration is a key value for us here at HRMI. The initiative, and each key strategic step, have been co-created by human rights experts around the world. At our most recent co-design workshop, in Johannesburg in September 2018, we came away with dozens of ideas for improving our work and making more impact. One of […]
[Read this in English here.] A liberdade de expressão está a ser atacada em Moçambique, segundo informação da Iniciativa de Medição dos Direitos Humanos (HRMI, Human Rights Measurement Initiative), que usa como base relatos de jornalistas dentro e fora do país. Principais conclusões Moçambique recebeu uma classificação de 3,6 em 10 relativamente à protecção da […]
After a successful 13-country pilot in 2018, we are expanding our Civil and Political Rights measurement to cover new countries. Who will be next? Read on to find out how we’re choosing the new participants, and how you can get involved. First things first: Are you in Tunisia, Lebanon, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden or Norway? […]
This year many in New Zealand are celebrating 125 years since the Parliament allowed women to have the vote. In her address to the United Nations General Assembly last month New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, however, ‘I for one will never celebrate the gains we have made for women domestically, while internationally other […]
