Justice on the Job
Building Worker Power in Brazil
Labor conditions for Brazil’s most vulnerable workers have gone from bad to worse. A drive to develop the muscle of an intersectional labor movement can change all that.
![Delivery workers demonstrate in São Paulo, Brazil, on July 25, 2020. Photo credit: © Thiago Bernardes/Pacific Press/Shutterstock Delivery workers on motorized scooters pose during a demonstration.](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/037765b6-0122-46b1-b809-9129e0c5546c/20240419-bernardes-brazil-delivery-workers-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Reporting on Africa
Changing Global News Coverage of Africa Is About Acknowledging the Continent’s Rightful Place in the World
![A newsstand displays national and international newspapers in New York City on January 23, 2024. Photo credit: © Ahmed Gaber/NYTimes/Redux Stacks of newspapers at a newsstand](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/6cbd5f87-8d60-449d-be5d-1666df25c234/20240523-gaber-nyc-newsstandjpg-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
The Global Media Index for Africa assessed and ranked how 20 of the world’s most influential news providers cover the continent. The index’s creators hope it will help ensure Africa’s full story is told globally.
Rights for Incarcerated People
The Fight for Women’s Rights Behind Bars in Colombia
![Claudia Alejandra Cardona, with Corporación Mujeres Libres, speaks with women at a prison in Colombia. Photo credit: © Mujeres Libres Colombia Woman speaks in front of a group of women](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/d95461a9-5bb9-46de-acd6-2921fbc5958e/20240507-corporacion-humanas-colombia-women-prison-1200.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C25%2C1200%2C750)
Incarcerated women in Colombia face poor treatment behind bars—and steep obstacles to success once they are released. Inside the drive to protect their rights and increase opportunity.
Pursuing Justice for Syria
An Unprecedented Chance to Confront Russian Attacks on Hospitals in Syria
![A photo taken on May 5, 2019 shows destruction at the entrance of a hospital in the village of Kafr Nabl, south of the jihadist-held Syrian province of Idlib. Two hospitals in the Syrian province of Idlib were put out of service by Russian air strikes according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. © Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Rubble outside of a destroyed building](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/8afe7855-8d27-40a3-bd69-12d0ee2a3bbd/20240502-kadour-syria-russian-bombing-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Russia’s President Putin sent fighter jets to bombard opposition-held areas of Syria—including hundreds of attacks on hospitals and medical facilities. Now Syrians have turned to the UN Human Rights Committee for justice.
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Reporting on Africa
Changing Global News Coverage of Africa Is About Acknowledging the Continent’s Rightful Place in the World
![A newsstand displays national and international newspapers in New York City on January 23, 2024. Photo credit: © Ahmed Gaber/NYTimes/Redux Stacks of newspapers at a newsstand](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/6cbd5f87-8d60-449d-be5d-1666df25c234/20240523-gaber-nyc-newsstandjpg-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
The Global Media Index for Africa assessed and ranked how 20 of the world’s most influential news providers cover the continent. The index’s creators hope it will help ensure Africa’s full story is told globally.
Rights for Incarcerated People
The Fight for Women’s Rights Behind Bars in Colombia
![Claudia Alejandra Cardona, with Corporación Mujeres Libres, speaks with women at a prison in Colombia. Photo credit: © Mujeres Libres Colombia Woman speaks in front of a group of women](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/d95461a9-5bb9-46de-acd6-2921fbc5958e/20240507-corporacion-humanas-colombia-women-prison-1200.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C25%2C1200%2C750)
Incarcerated women in Colombia face poor treatment behind bars—and steep obstacles to success once they are released. Inside the drive to protect their rights and increase opportunity.
Rights and Dignity in Exile
Under Russian Occupation, Crimean Tatars Face a Campaign of Erasure
![People carry a giant Crimean Tatar flag at a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 26, 2020. Photo credit: © Vladimir Sindeyeve/NurPhoto/AP People carry giant Crimean Tatar flag](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/6edd7236-659e-4e0b-bdf2-bcd5869cb4ca/20240426-sindeyeve-ukraine-kyiv-tatar-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Half of the Crimean Tatar people died during Soviet deportations; now, Moscow’s decade-long occupation of Crimea is making their homeland uninhabitable.
Pursuing Justice for Syria
An Unprecedented Chance to Confront Russian Attacks on Hospitals in Syria
![A photo taken on May 5, 2019 shows destruction at the entrance of a hospital in the village of Kafr Nabl, south of the jihadist-held Syrian province of Idlib. Two hospitals in the Syrian province of Idlib were put out of service by Russian air strikes according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. © Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Rubble outside of a destroyed building](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/8afe7855-8d27-40a3-bd69-12d0ee2a3bbd/20240502-kadour-syria-russian-bombing-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Russia’s President Putin sent fighter jets to bombard opposition-held areas of Syria—including hundreds of attacks on hospitals and medical facilities. Now Syrians have turned to the UN Human Rights Committee for justice.
Justice on the Job
Building Worker Power in Brazil
![Delivery workers demonstrate in São Paulo, Brazil, on July 25, 2020. Photo credit: © Thiago Bernardes/Pacific Press/Shutterstock Delivery workers on motorized scooters pose during a demonstration.](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/037765b6-0122-46b1-b809-9129e0c5546c/20240419-bernardes-brazil-delivery-workers-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Labor conditions for Brazil’s most vulnerable workers have gone from bad to worse. A drive to develop the muscle of an intersectional labor movement can change all that.
Climate Finance
Unlocking Sorely Needed Investment in Green Energy Projects Across the Global South
![An electric bus picks up passengers in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 17, 2023. Photo credit: © Gerald Anderson/Anadolu/Getty An electric bus picks up passengers.](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/58123b9e-0e9b-4fc7-b3c5-cce39ec8a0a1/20240226-anderson-nairobi-electric-bus-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Allied Climate Partners, supported by Open Society and other funders, aims to mix public and private funds to support clean energy production and transport in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Defending Democracy
Q&A: “The Biggest Challenge Is the Uncertainty”
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Two years after Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, civil society strives to protect democracy as the West wavers in its support. Oleksandr Sushko discusses the way forward.
Navalny’s Legacy
Night Country: The Mysterious Death of Alexei Navalny in Putin’s Russia
![Alexei Navalny and other demonstrators march in memory of a murdered Kremlin critic in Moscow on February 29, 2020. Photo credit: © Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Alexei Navalny and other demonstrators march in Moscow.](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/0e07e11d-4ad9-4126-bd4c-c3df003752da/20240220-kudryavtsev-moscow-navalny-2020-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Alexei Navalny’s death underscores the paradox of Russian power—that the voice of one man imprisoned and isolated in the Arctic should be such a threat.
Access to Abortion
Winning the Fight for Reproductive Rights in Mexico
![People demonstrate in support of abortion legalization in Mexico City on August 8, 2018. Photo credit: © Jair Cabrera/NurPhoto/Getty People stand behind a green banner in support of abortion legalization in Mexico City.](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/446ceb7f-6780-4139-a3df-9280dd7ce416/20240209-cabrera-mexico-abortion-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
While abortion rights have suffered setbacks in other countries, Mexico is making great strides removing voluntary abortion from the criminal codes across the country.
Combating Hate
Open Society’s Fight Against Antisemitism
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The Soros family and Open Society have a long history of combating ethnic, religious, and racial hatred in all its forms. Our track record in tackling the scourge of antisemitism.