Events
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Apr 15
April 15, 2021
8:10–9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Live StreamRaising Voices: Empowering Female Farmers in Drug Crop Cultivation Areas
Women living in drug crop cultivation areas play an important role in ensuring the sustainability of rural households, but structural barriers and the consequences of illicit drug economies continue to constrain them. Hear their stories.
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Apr 14
April 14, 2021
6:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Live StreamBook Launch—More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You... and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise
Former Obama White House official and current Open Society-U.S. Advisory Board chair Cecilia Muñoz will discuss her new book, which shares insights from her career as well as the careers of other notable women of color.
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Mar 29
March 29, 2021
3:00–4:30 p.m. (EDT)
Live StreamBook Launch—The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee discusses her new book, which examines the economic centrality of racism in the United States, with Carmen Rojas and Tom Perriello.
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Mar 24
March 24, 2021
5:00–6:00 p.m. (EDT)
Live StreamVisual Rebellions: Reframing and Resisting Power Through Feminist Photography
Four community-based artists and activists, Katie Basile, Tonika Johnson, Mayela Rodriguez, and Arin Yoon, present and discuss their work in conversation with We, Women’s Daniella Zalcman and Open Society’s Joy Chia.
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Mar 9
March 9, 2021
12:00–1:00 p.m. (EST)
Live StreamFeminist Drug Policy Realities
A panel of experts will explore why drug policy is a feminist issue, and will examine how women, trans, and gender-diverse people impacted by the war on drugs are creating feminist drug policies and practices.
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Feb 3
February 3, 2021
9:00–10:00 a.m. (EST)
Live StreamA Human Rights Guide for Researching Racial and Religious Discrimination in Counterterrorism in Europe
This event marks the launch of a guide for human rights and antiracism activists, researchers, NGOs, and oversight bodies documenting and proving discrimination in the counterterrorism context in Europe.
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Jan 25
January 25, 2021
12:30–1:30 p.m. (EST)
Live StreamDecolonizing Drug Policy: Perspectives from the Americas and Asia
Can decriminalization and legalization undo the damages done by racist, imperialist drug wars, and what would a decolonized global drug policy look like?
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Dec 16
December 16, 2020
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EST)
Live StreamEarly Childhood Program Farewell: Celebrating Collaborations and Inspiring the Future
This event, featuring presentations, stories, and a discussion about future directions, honors the partnerships that have shaped our joint achievements in early childhood development over the past two and a half decades.
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Dec 10
December 10, 2020
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (EST)
Live StreamRefugee Women in Greece: Where Do We Go from Here?
On this year’s International Day of Human Rights, the German Bar Association, Oxfam Germany, and Opens Society Foundations are inviting their partners from NGOs in Greece to discuss the human rights of women and girl refugees.
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Dec 10
December 10, 2020
10:00–11:00 a.m. (EST)
Live StreamA New Start for U.S. Human Rights Policy: What Needs to Be Done?
Open Society Foundations President Patrick Gaspard joins a panel of distinguished experts to discuss how the incoming Biden administration can reestablish U.S. credibility on human rights.
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Dec 10
December 10, 2020
4:00–5:15 a.m. (EST)
Live StreamTo Regularize or to Expand Work Visas in the EU?
What can be learned from Germany, Spain, and Italy’s efforts on migration in 2020?
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Dec 8
December 8, 2020
9:00–11:00 a.m. (EST)
Live StreamEvidence and Research for Roma Children—RECI Reports: A Decade of Collaboration
Activists in the Roma rights movement, European stakeholders, and early childhood advocates consider what needs to be done to secure a strong start for all Roma children.
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