OSISA

Who We Are

OSISA is a growing African Institution committed to deepening democracy, protecting human rights and enhancing good governance in the region.

OSISA

What We Do

OSISA’s vision is to promote and sustain the ideals, values, institutions and practices of open society, with the aim of establishing vibrant and tolerant….

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Our Grants

OSISA is a grant making and advocacy foundation that is part of the global Open Society Foundations Network.

Our Grants

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2020 Call For Applications

SOUTHERN AFRICA
CLOSING DATE: APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED

For the 2020 Strategy Year, OSISA programmes are looking for concept notes or state actors that address issues in the following priority spheres:

  1. Economic And Social Justice
  2. Democracy And Governance
  3. Human Rights, Rule Of Law And Access To Justice
  4. Women’s Rights Programme
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2020 Call for Applications is currently closed. Please download the 2020 call for applications to see which areas we were funding this year.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

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Management
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First take a look at the OSISA Strategy and the guidelines.

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Submission Of Applications

Applications should be completed using the following methods:

  1. By postal mail to: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, PO Box 678, Wits, Johannesburg, South Africa 2050
  2. By fax: +27115875099
  3. By email to: grantproposals2020@osisa.org

Kindly use ONLY ONE method of applying.
To submit your concept/idea for review by our Clusters, please kindly download and fill in our Concept Note form.

CONCEPT NOTE FORM
STRATEGY INFOGRAPHIC (2019 -2022)
THEORY OF CHANGE (2019 -2022)
EXECUTIVE STRATEGY (2019 - 2022)

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NEWS AND ARTICLES FROM OSISA

Buwa! Issue X

The 10th issue of BUWA! is focusing on Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). Across the globe, continent and much more recently in southern Africa, there are increased reports of political violence, arbitrary detentions, systematic attacks on human rights and pro-democracy activists. We are alive to the fact that while all HRDS have increasingly faced tougher operating conditions in the past decade, WHRDs have faced even more multiple layers of the brunt in such a context – given the manner in which patriarchy often colludes with other oppressive systems that characterise the field in which HRDs work.

Buwa! 10, therefore, comes at an opportune time to look back on decades of promoting and defending women’s human rights in Africa. It unpacks the experiences of WHRDs on the continent, highlighting their struggles in a context where civic space is increasingly and systematically closing. The issue unpacks how WHRDs, in particular, have navigated this 70-year-old terrain and the 2 decades of dedicated ‘recognition’ of their commitment to stand in the gap for others. The issue shines the spotlight on WHRDs to understand their struggles, victories and lessons to further shape the terrain in which WHRDs operate.

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