Latin America & the Caribbean

Call for Applications: Summer University Courses on Privatisation in Education and Innovative Financing for Education
Deadline: February 15, 2012
Applications are invited from educational researchers, policy analysts, education finance specialists, government officials, advanced graduate students, and faculty members.

Call for Applications: Human Rights and Drug Policy Summer Course
Deadline: February 15, 2012
Applications are invited from high-achieving MA and PhD students, junior faculty, research staff in universities and other institutions and professionals.

Jean-Claude Duvalier Must Stand Trial
Press Release
December 14, 2011
A group of international and Haitian legal advocacy groups has expressed support for continuing efforts in Haiti to prosecute Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, the country’s former ruler, for human rights abuses committed during his 15 years in power.

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Women, War & Peace
OSI-New York
December 15, 2011
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Filmed in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Colombia, and Liberia, the five-hour series Women, War & Peace examines women's changing roles in conflict zones. Listen to a discussion with the series co-creators.

The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
OSI-New York
November 7, 2011
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A panel of experts discuss The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, by Open Society Fellow Andrew Feinstein.

Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights
OSI-New York
October 24, 2011
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The Open Society Foundations present a conversation with Juan Méndez, whose new book sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide.

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How Open Society Grantees Are Advancing Access to Public Information in Latin America
Vonda Brown
February 9, 2012
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The right to access public information has increasingly been recognized by Latin America's governments, in large part thanks to the work of Open Society Latin America Program grantees and partner civil society organizations.

Reinventing Scientific Discovery: An Interview with Michael Nielsen
John Dupuis
January 23, 2012
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Connecting vast numbers of scientists and ordinary citizens, online tools make scientific problem-solving faster and more efficient. But for these collaborations to reach their full potential, the culture of science must become much more open.

Mapping Digital Media: Social Media and News
January 2012
With research showing that most internet users stumble across news online while looking for something else, news organizations can no more ignore social media than they can ignore the communities they seek to serve (and the markets which its advertisers seek to reach).

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