Call for Proposals: Addressing the Situation of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Post-Conflict Countries
Deadline: December 5, 2011
The Open Society International Women’s Program and the Disability Rights Initiative invite proposals addressing the situation of women and girls with disabilities in the following post-conflict countries: Nepal, Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Colombia.

Open Society Grantee Demonstrates the Power of Uganda's Access to Information Act
August 30, 2011
When the Human Rights Network Uganda filed a right-to-information request, it revealed corruption involving a stadium project in Bushenyi District.

Students Win Right to Information Case at Nepal's Supreme Court
June 15, 2011
Citizens' Campaign for Right to Information, an Open Society Foundations grantee, provided support to students who demanded that the country’s oldest university comply with Nepal’s Right to Information Act.

Criminal Justice
The Open Society Global Criminal Justice Fund seeks to strengthen civil society engagement in the protection of the rights of criminal defendants and in confronting the overuse of pretrial detention.

Disability Rights
The Open Society Disability Rights Initiative seeks to address discrimination against people with disabilities and promote their inclusion in society by supporting a rights-based approach to disability.

LGBTI Rights
The Open Society LGBTI Rights Initiative seeks to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity by empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex communities to promote and defend their human rights.

Right to Information
The Open Society Right to Information Fund supports civil society groups that are working to promote the full implementation of laws that guarantee the public’s right to information and ensure access to government records.