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Rights Not Rescue
August 2, 2010
video VIDEO  
In this animated short film, sex workers in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa tell their personal stories and share the challenges they encounter as well as a collective call for hope and change.

Solve Kashmir First
OSI-New York
June 30, 2010
video VIDEO   slideshow AUDIO
Basharat Peer, Pankaj Mishra, and other distinguished panelists discuss the origins of the Kashmir crisis and its hidden role in other regional conflicts.

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Amplifying Voices
July 2010
This issue of Amplifying Voices, the magazine of the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa, documents the initiative's work to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law in Uganda.

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From "Memory Project" to Citizen Journalism
Thomas Hilbink
August 9, 2010
blog BLOG  
Karen Gadbois started a blog to document the homes and buildings being torn down after the Katrina disaster. As she dug deeper, she uncovered corruption in a program intended to help New Orleanians renovate their damaged homes.

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E-Mail Newsletters

Newsletters
Several OSI initiatives distribute email newsletters on a range of issues related to program activities around the world.

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Soros Foundations Network 2008 Annual Report
This report highlights Open Society Institute activities and achievements, with a special focus on work to address discrimination against minorities in a variety of countries.

Open Society Stories

Open Society Stories 2009
This brochure highlights recent Open Society Institute activities, including supporting public health reform, advocating for fair distribution of natural resource riches, and improving the lives of Roma, immigrants, Muslims, and the developmentally disabled.

Moving Walls 17

Moving Walls 17
interactive INTERACTIVE
The documentary photographs in this OSI exhibition show how power can be used as an impediment to transparency, a mechanism for social control, and a tool for oppression, while also acknowledging the strength and defiance of people who suffer as a result.

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