Governance & Accountability

OSI-Baltimore Seeks Applicants for 2011 Community Fellowships
Deadline: March 21, 2011
OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellowships program seeks dynamic activists and social entrepreneurs interested in implementing projects that address problems in underserved communities in Baltimore city.

Call for Proposals: Open Society Fellowship
Deadline: ongoing
The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.

Call for Applications: Latin American Security, Drugs, and Democracy Fellowship
Deadline: January 20, 2011
The Latin American Security, Drugs, and Democracy Fellowship invites applications from postdoctoral and dissertation-level researchers on organized crime, drug policy, and related topics across social science and related disciplines.

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Redistricting 2011: Mapping Political Power for the Decade
OSI-New York
October 14, 2010
 VIDEO    AUDIO
This preview and panel look at Gerrymandering, a documentary that sheds light on the typically opaque redistricting process in the United States and the many who attempt to manipulate it for partisan gain.

Foreign Religious Education and Central Asia's Islamic Revival
OSI-New York
October 13, 2010
 AUDIO
This Open Society Foundations event explores how foreign religious education is playing a role in redefining the relationship between Islam and state, and Islam and society in Central Asia.

The Trust Deficit: The Impact of Perceptions on Policy in Afghanistan
OSI-Washington, D.C.
October 7, 2010
 VIDEO  
This event focuses on a new study by the Open Society Foundations showing that the past nine years of civilian casualties, wrongful and abusive detentions, deteriorating security, and a lack of accountability by international forces have eroded trust by Afghan communities.

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New Messages of Hope for Burma
Maureen Aung-Thwin
January 4, 2011
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Even after almost half a century of military rule, the Burmese people still carry the torch for freedom. There is also hope because the world is watching the struggle in Burma with renewed interest.

Our Top 10 Blog Posts from 2010
Laura Brahm
December 22, 2010
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Elections in Nigeria, sex worker rights in Macedonia, Naomi Campbell in The Hague, and more: These were a few of our most popular blog posts of the past year.

The Log in America's Eye
James A. Goldston
December 21, 2010
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Many observers wonder at the apparent disconnect between American support for justice abroad and President Obama's determination to "look forward not backward" at home.

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