Disability Rights

She fought and won countless victories for disability rights with passion, commitment and kindness. Open Society honors the contributions of the late Judy Heumann

Gerard Quinn, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of People with Disabilities, explains how he’s using his office to boldly push for a more inclusive world.

In Guatemala, women with disabilities face exclusion, stigmatization, and worse. Thankfully, one collective, Mujeres Con Capacidad de Soñar a Colores, is responding through research, organizing, and art.

Despite the clear, unfair, and gendered implications of global COVID-19 outbreaks, too many policymakers’ responses are failing to account for the needs of women and girls. Now is the time to demand better.

Using accessible and innovative approaches such as music, dancing, street theater, and more, rights advocates in Kyrgyzstan are doing the grassroots-level work that is essential for a healthy civil society.

Literal Action, a groundbreaking inclusive theater project in Kazakhstan, is trying to redefine how both audiences and performers understand theater—and unlock its radically inclusive potential.