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Why survivors' voices could transform tech advocacy
Our new report, “Advocacy by Survivors of Online Harms: A Landscape Analysis” explores challenges to survivors-led advocacy and points toward future opportunities for advocates and funders.
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Opinion & analysis
Social media, artificial intelligence, and the challenges for democracy:...
To discuss what this moment means for democracy, we spoke with Heloisa Massaro, Director of Research and Operations at InternetLab.
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Opinion & analysis
Three things you need to know about the 2024 Mexican elections
On 2 June, Mexico will have the largest elections in its history, with more than 20,000 elected positions up for grabs at the federal, state and local levels.
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Opinion & analysis
Navigating Technology's Role in African Democracy: Reflections from Luminate's...
Earlier this year, Luminate convened up to 40 of our Africa partners in Kenya for a week-long meeting to foster learning, collaboration, and impact.
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Opinion & analysis
Civil society is integral to increasing women’s participation in society
What needs to be done to ensure technology reinforces and supports the achievements made to increase women's civic and political participation in Africa?
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News
Partnerships will ensure inclusivity for Nigeria’s AI strategy
Luminate will provide $1.5 million to support the work of the three organisations managing the AI Collective: Data Science Nigeria, Lagos Business School, and the Center for Journalism, Innovation, and Development.
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Luminate supports inclusive AI Collective in Nigeria
The newly formed AI Collective in Nigeria aims to coordinate work on research, innovation, and the governance and accountability of these technologies.
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Opinion & analysis
Addressing AI Safety immediately: Democracy, human rights and the UK’s...
The UK AI Safety Summit on 1 and 2 November will steer the global AI conversation, but its ‘frontier’ focus and limited attendance are flawed choices: they run a high risk of limiting the safety design conversation to...
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Partner story
Insights from PurpleCode's Feminist Technology and Activism Camp
At its core, the camp aims to highlight and help dismantle patriarchal norms, the most insidious and pervasive being that "technology is not for women."
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Partner story
The African Media Ecosystem and Technology
Luminate’s Nkirote Koome spoke with Baraza Media Lab’s lead curator Christine Mungai about their new plan, and the second edition of the Africa Media Festival scheduled for 21 – 22 February 2024.
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Opinion & analysis
Potencia: Insights from three years of Partner Support in Latin America
Since 2020, Potencia has strengthened 55 organisations working to increase civic and political participation in Latin America.
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A new chapter for Reset
As of 1 January 2024, Reset entered a new chapter as a fully independent organisation.
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Opinion & analysis
How funders can support grantees through executive coaching
In 2021 and early 2022, Luminate provided coaching stipends to 78 of our partner organisations, with more than 200 leaders receiving executive coaching. What did we learn?
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Sharing results from Luminate’s 2023 Grantee Perception Report
After collecting baseline data through the Grantee Perception Report (GPR) survey in 2020, we commissioned Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) once again to listen to our partners about their perceptions of Luminate.
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