Africa

Magnum Foundation Announces Scholarship Opportunity
Deadline: January 18, 2011
The Magnum Foundation, an Open Society grantee, offers scholarships for the 2011 NYU/Magnum Foundation Photography and Human Rights Program.

Call for Proposals: Moving Walls 19 Documentary Photography Exhibition
Deadline: April 1, 2011
The Open Society Foundations invite photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 19 group exhibition.

Call for Proposals: Documentary Photography Audience Engagement Grant
Deadline: May 13, 2011
The Open Society Documentary Photography Project offers a grant to support alternative models for presenting and disseminating documentary photography to the public.

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Drug Control, Criminalization, and Global Health
OSI-New York
October 26, 2010
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The Open Society Foundations and Human Rights Watch present a moderated discussion with UN Special Rapporteur Anand Grover on the issue of drug control and global health.

Victims and War-Affected Communities: Understanding the Limits of Outreach
OSI-New York
September 28, 2010
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Open Society Fellow Eric Stover and Open Society Justice Initiative Senior Advocacy Officer Tracey Gurd, who have recently traveled to several conflict zones, recount their first-hand observations of the remarkable progress that has been made in reaching out to victims in the aftermath of atrocity.

A Critical Assessment of 40 Truth Commissions and the State of Transitional Justice
OSI-New York
September 7, 2010
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This Open Society Justice Initiative panel discusses Priscilla Hayner’s recently updated book on truth commissions, Unspeakable Truths.

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Kenya Needs a Mirror
Mugambi Kiai
December 23, 2010
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Lately it appears that there is no Kenya except by name: There are just several tribes cobbled to live uncomfortably together without any feeling, empathy, respect or affection for each other.

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 Fight for LGBT Rights in Kenya
Sarah Pray
December 20, 2010
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David Kuria of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya discusses recent statements by his country's prime minister calling for the arrest of gay men and lesbians.

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