http://hub.witness.org/en/user/630/recent Displays a user's content en http://hub.witness.org/en/node/5292 <p>The Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizen. Created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist George Soros, OSI seeks to shape public policies that ensure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights.</p> <p>The Open Society Institute and the network of national and regional Soros foundations work in more than 60 countries, including the United States. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses. OSI places a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of marginalized people and communities. OSI and the Soros Foundations have given away over $6 billion dollars to date to build open societies.</p> Global Death penalty HIV-AIDS Violence against women 31.952480 -102.173288 31.952480 -102.173288 Mon, 19 May 2008 19:37:44 -0700 cwinston 5292 at http://hub.witness.org