Improving Performance of Data Management of an NGO Working in Human Rights: The Case of Uyghur Rights Monitor (URM)
Idikut, Parhad Keyim (2024)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202405039132
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202405039132
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The objective of this thesis is to propose recommendations for the Uyghur Rights Monitor (URM) to improve performances in the selected Data Management (DM) areas. As a newly established voluntary organization of three researchers, URM is dedicated to investigating and exposing human rights violations in East Turkistan (ETR, a.k.a. Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). By producing evidence-based policy briefs based on extensive qualitative data, the case organization aims to unveil the Chinese Communist Party’s atrocity crimes against Uyghur and other Turkic people living in ETR and hold the perpetrators accountable.
This thesis study was conducted by utilizing an applied action research approach with qualitative methods. The study was executed according to the pre-established research design and three rounds of data collection through semi-structured in-depth interviews with the case organization´s team. First, existing knowledge was reviewed on core concepts including data, DM, and the good practices of evaluating and improving DM performance in the context of NGOs in human rights. Second, the current state of the DM performance in the case organization was analysed. Third, the initial proposal was created by combining the results of the current state analyses and the case organization’s inputs on the co-creation of improving the DM performance. Finally, validation was done based on the case organization’s feedback on the initial proposal and the final proposal was produced.
The outcome of this thesis is the recommendations on how to enhance the case organization’s performance in the selected DM areas. These DM areas concern the collection of primary data, access to a larger data storage, and establishment of KPIs to measure data dissemination improvement.
By implementing the recommendations, the case organization could improve its accountability and social impact as well as enhance its efforts to unveil the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations in ETR and hold the perpetrators accountable.
This thesis study was conducted by utilizing an applied action research approach with qualitative methods. The study was executed according to the pre-established research design and three rounds of data collection through semi-structured in-depth interviews with the case organization´s team. First, existing knowledge was reviewed on core concepts including data, DM, and the good practices of evaluating and improving DM performance in the context of NGOs in human rights. Second, the current state of the DM performance in the case organization was analysed. Third, the initial proposal was created by combining the results of the current state analyses and the case organization’s inputs on the co-creation of improving the DM performance. Finally, validation was done based on the case organization’s feedback on the initial proposal and the final proposal was produced.
The outcome of this thesis is the recommendations on how to enhance the case organization’s performance in the selected DM areas. These DM areas concern the collection of primary data, access to a larger data storage, and establishment of KPIs to measure data dissemination improvement.
By implementing the recommendations, the case organization could improve its accountability and social impact as well as enhance its efforts to unveil the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations in ETR and hold the perpetrators accountable.