Economic Justice Programme

The single most important threat to the realisation of open society in southern Africa is poverty. Communities and individuals do not have the means, knowledge, independence, time, and motivation to participate effectively in the social project of building an open society if they are hungry, malnourished, lack education, assets, and sustainable livelihoods. In that state poor people remain manipulable, are abused, and lack the means to protect and defend their own rights. The programme primarily seeks to empower citizen groups to campaign against policies that make and keep them poor. It is a deliberate emphasis by OSISA on the importance of social and economic rights, in addition to civil and political liberties.

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