Confronting COVID-19
Our Emergency Response to COVID-19
To confront the enormous challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Open Society Foundations are committing more than $130 million to support those who are most at risk.
Rethinking Research
Q&A: How Open Access Can Help Defeat COVID-19
In response to the pandemic, many scientific journals have lifted their paywalls on COVID-19-related research. The results have been positive, which raises a question: Why not do the same for research on other crises?
Surveillance Oversight
Q&A: Watching the Watchers during a Pandemic
With states around the world embracing surveillance technology against COVID-19, civil society groups must step up to ensure that individual rights and anticorruption laws are not sacrificed for the sake of an easy fix.
Not One Less
The Women’s Movement Is Leading Reform in Argentina
By placing women’s issues at the forefront of their movement, advocates for gender justice in Argentina are leading a coalition against inequality and discrimination.
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Latest Voices
A Promising Step
Q&A: Progress for Migrant Workers in Italy
The government of Italy’s COVID-19 stimulus proposal includes measures to protect migrant laborers working in some of the country’s most important industries. While this is welcome news, more is needed.
The World Can’t Wait
Q&A: A New Social Contract for Workers and Business
After the financial crisis of 2008, many advocates were disappointed by the unwillingness of many governments to shake up a discredited status quo. More than 10 years later, amidst another crisis, there is reason for hope.
Rethinking Research
Q&A: How Open Access Can Help Defeat COVID-19
In response to the pandemic, many scientific journals have lifted their paywalls on COVID-19-related research. The results have been positive, which raises a question: Why not do the same for research on other crises?
A Positive Example
The World Can Learn from Georgia’s Experience with COVID-19
Despite its limited means, the government of Georgia has managed the pandemic’s fallout more successfully than many wealthier nations. A robust response from civil society groups in the country is a key reason why.
A Warning Sign
A Power Grab in Kyrgyzstan
A new law proposed by parliament is not only an ominous development for civil society groups in Kyrgyzstan. It’s also a sign of how some governments may use the COVID-19 crisis to push an authoritarian agenda.
Surveillance Oversight
Q&A: Watching the Watchers during a Pandemic
With states around the world embracing surveillance technology against COVID-19, civil society groups must step up to ensure that individual rights and anticorruption laws are not sacrificed for the sake of an easy fix.
In Depth A Model for Hope
“How Do We Get More Power?”
Faced with an existential threat from the forces of gentrification, residents of Buffalo’s historic African American Fruit Belt neighborhood organized, joined together, and took control of their destiny.
Confronting COVID-19
Our Emergency Response to COVID-19
To confront the enormous challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Open Society Foundations are committing more than $130 million to support those who are most at risk.
Confronting COVID-19
Working with Our Grantees in a Time of Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic directly threatens the work and well-being of many groups and individuals that receive funding support from the Open Society Foundations. We are committed to helping them through the crisis.
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A Watershed for the Rights of People with Disabilities
In much of the world today, people with disabilities are confronted with a legal system that denies their basic rights to autonomy, dignity, and inclusion. Two successful reform efforts in Peru and Colombia, however, show that there's a better way.