• East Africa Initiative (OSIEA)
  The Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA) supports and promotes public participation in democratic governance, the rule of law, and respect for human rights in Kenya by awarding grants, developing programs, and bringing together diverse civil society leaders and groups. Launched in 2005 and based in Nairobi, OSIEA is headed by Binaifer Nowrojee, a human rights advocate with extensive experience in Africa
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• EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP)
  EUMAP monitors the development of selected human rights and rule of law issues in both the European Union and in its candidate and potential candidate countries. The program works with national experts and nongovernmental organizations to compile reports that are distributed widely throughout Europe and internationally. EUMAP is currently focusing on the issues of access to education and employment for people with intellectual disabilities, and TV Across Europe: regulation, policy, and independence in 21 European countries. Previous EUMAP reports have focused on minority protection, judicial independence, judicial capacity, and corruption and anti-corruption policy
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• Human Rights & Governance Grants Program
  The Program provides support to nongovernmental organizations operating in the fields of human rights and governance in Europe and Central Asia. The program assists supported organizations in their growth and institutionalization; in building networks among these groups; and in developing partnerships with other donors in this field. In the area of human rights, the program supports national and international advocacy organizations promoting political and civil rights at local, national and regional levels. Priority is given to projects that address the needs of vulnerable and marginalized groups, and those that have strong monitoring and legal advocacy components
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• Information Program
  The Program aims at enhancing the ability to access, exchange, and produce knowledge and information for key open society constituencies and disadvantaged groups, especially in the poorer parts of the world. It also use new tools and techniques to empower civil society as a force for open society in national, regional and global arenas. These aims translate into projects in three focal areas, each with its own subset of initiatives: Aaccess to Knowledge; Civil Society Communication and Open Information Policy
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• Open Society Justice Initiative
  The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge and strengthens legal capacity worldwide. Justice Initiative projects seek to shape law reform policy and achieve concrete results through hands-on technical assistance; litigation and legal advice; knowledge dissemination and network building; and counsel to donor institutions. The Justice Initiative works in the following thematic areas: national criminal justice reform; international justice; freedom of information and expression; anticorruption; equality and citizenship. Its offices are in New York, Budapest, and Abuja
  The Open Society Justice Initiative pursues law reform activities grounded in theprotection of human rights, and contributes to the development of legal capacity for opensocieties worldwide.
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• Women's Program
  The Network Women's Program (NWP) works to promote the advancement of women's human rights, gender equality, and empowerment as an integral part of the process of democratization. The program operates worldwide as a consultative and operational program, working directly with and providing technical assistance to entities inside the Soros foundations network on gender issues. Among the program's focus areas are gender sensitive education, violence against women, young women's human rights, mass media and gender policy, equal opportunities in the EU accession process, women's oral histories, Romani women's leadership, information initiatives, women's health, and women in conflict zones
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