Curbing Brazil's Pretrial Detention Problem
Prisons in Brazil are severely overcrowded, and inhumane conditions are commonplace. But a new law emphasizing detention alternatives offers hope.
View ArticleOpen Society Grantee Demonstrates the Power of Uganda's Access to Information...
When the Human Rights Network Uganda filed a right-to-information request, it revealed corruption involving a stadium project in Bushenyi District.
View ArticleInclusive Democracies Require Voting Rights for People with Disabilities
Building inclusive, vibrant democracies depends on the active engagement of all citizens in public life. Policies that limit the participation in political processes of people with disabilities are...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Protection: Forced Sterilization of Women with Disabilities
Women are sterilized without their knowledge or consent on various fallacious grounds. In some cases, proponents defend this practice as necessary to protect women. Nowhere is this argument invoked...
View ArticleYoung People with Disabilities in Africa Challenge the Status Quo
Young people with disabilities in Africa continue to face enormous challenges. Twenty-three-year-old Seray Bangura from Sierra Leone is working to change this.
View ArticleA Reception: From the Frontlines of LGBT Rights Advocacy in Eastern Europe
The Council for Global Equality and the Open Society Foundations host a reception in recognition of LGBT human rights defenders from Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova.
View ArticleRoma and Sinti Memorial Acknowledges Past Injustice, Commits to a More Just...
A new memorial in Berlin commemorates the genocide of Roma and Sinti committed under the Nazis. It is also a reminder that Europe’s 10 million Roma and Sinti are still excluded from society and subject...
View ArticleI Am Not a Problem to Be Solved
Boaz Muhumuza talks about how a person’s environment, and not their impairment, disables someone.
View ArticleA Question of Rights, Not Charity
Developing legal experts on disability rights is helping to bring a human rights framework to Kenya and beyond.
View ArticleDisability Rights: An Important Test for Open Society
Working on disability rights in societies that are not fully open, can help open up space to work on many other issues.
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