Crunching Numbers for Human Rights: The Promise and Perils of Data and Statistics
OSI-New York
February 9, 2011
audio AUDIO
Patrick Ball uses examples from Guatemala, El Salvador, Kosovo, Colombia, Timor-Leste, and Sierra Leone to explain how statistics derived from data collected by direct observation can be inconsistent or misleading.

The Perils and Promise of Mass Action Against Genocide in Africa
OSI-New York
February 8, 2011
audio AUDIO
To mark the launch of a book by activist and former Open Society Fellow Rebecca Hamilton, a panel of experts discuss how and whether the public can intervene to stop genocide.

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Open Society Time
2011
Through text and photography, this booklet charts the creation and evolution of the Open Society Foundations from 1979 to 2010.

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EU Election Monitoring in Congo: Pros and Cons
Marta Martinelli
May 13, 2011
blog BLOG  
As Kinshasa prepares to vote in the second presidential elections since the end of years of war, debate is raging in Brussels on whether the European Union should support much-needed election monitoring.

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This brochure highlights recent Open Society Foundations 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 18

Moving Walls 18
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This online exhibition presents the work of seven photographers who interrogate the relationship between identity and home, in particular how sexuality, migration, landscape, and war shape perceptions about who we are and where we belong.

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