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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It also matters for the women and girls who see themselves in positions of leadership and know that these spaces are open to them, too.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Women’s leadership matters because it changes whose voices are heard, whose priorities are considered, and who gets to shape the decisions that affect our societies and our future.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Namibia’s first woman president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, is a trailblazer for Namibia and for women across Africa. Under her leadership, women make up 57 percent of Namibia’s Cabinet—a significant reflection of her commitment to women’s participation and leadership in decision-making.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That requires investing in diplomacy alongside security, cooperation alongside deterrence, and political solutions alongside military ones.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lasting stability cannot be imported. It must be built by the states, institutions, and societies that have the greatest stake in the region’s future. In other words, sustainable security cannot be built for the region without being built by the region.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the genocide in Gaza, to the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran and Iran’s subsequent attacks on all its Gulf neighbors, to the conflict in Sudan and tensions in the Red Sea—broader questions of regional security are increasingly part of a single, interconnected political landscape.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m grateful to the governments of Norway and Kenya for convening a timely and important discussion on the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. One of the things that strikes me about the current moment is how difficult it has become to separate crises that were once discussed independently.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When a city in Kenya learns from a city in Colombia, and a city in Europe learns from both, we build a network of trust that no single government can create, and that no single government can take away.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Multilateralism among states is under enormous strain. But beneath the surface, something else is happening: cooperation is now moving faster between cities than between countries.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To Governor Timamy, Diana Eggleston, Father Jorge Atilano González Candia, Juan Pablo Fonseca, and Felip Roca, thank you for your pioneering work. Continue to borrow boldly, share generously, and do not let anybody tell you that local is small.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This kind of peace is built in neighborhoods, in town halls, and in county offices by people who don’t get to leave when the cameras get switched off.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the kind of peace you measure by whether the market opens on a Tuesday morning, whether a mother can feel safe letting her children walk to school, whether a young person sees a police officer as a protector or a threat.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week, @open-society.bsky.social hosted a conversation centered around the importance of local collaboration in building peace and safety.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No community should be left behind. No country should be forced into an unfair bargain. And no child should pay for their development with their future. @open-society.bsky.social is proud to have been there at the beginning, and we remain committed to that vision.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At @nrginstitute.bsky.social’s 20th anniversary in New York, I spoke about the choices we are all making right now about critical minerals and the energy transition.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At @open-society.bsky.social, we hold a simple conviction: security that is not built on human rights is not security at all. Lasting peace cannot be designed from above and delivered to people. It has to be built with them.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I gathered with local leaders and peace builders from Kenya, the Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia, and Spain to talk about local multilateralism for peace and safety.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Laws can be rolled back. Institutions can be weakened. But a person who has learned to ask, “Whose wealth is this?” doesn't unlearn that lesson. We need those people now more than ever.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It was a privilege to join the @nrginstitute.bsky.social in New York this week to honor the organization that’s never stopped asking that question.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Twenty years ago in the @open-society.bsky.social offices, a small group of people began asking a question that many in power found uncomfortable: If a country’s oil, gas, and minerals belong to its people, why were so many of those people living in poverty right beside it?

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The end of apartheid’s laws did not lead to the end of its structures, or the injustices they perpetuate. And what’s at risk is the vision of a “democratic and open society” that South Africa’s landmark constitution promised.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As my colleague Brian Kagoro writes, the ANC’s once inspiring liberation narrative is facing exhaustion, alternatives have not emerged, and mass politics have dismayingly organized around the expulsion of migrants and not the emancipation of all.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In this special issue of The Ideas Letter, five thoughtful pieces reckon with South Africa’s predicament today.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What changes in governments around the world when women hold political power? The policies they pursue—on development, on participation, on human rights protections. When women lead, everyone’s outcomes improve.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Countries across continents are making their voices heard, advancing human rights, equality, and justice: Spain mobilizing countries, Pacific and Caribbean island nations leading on climate, The Gambia taking Myanmar to the International Court of Justice, Barbados leading on debt relief.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

But it’s too simplistic to say that rights have disappeared or that human dignity doesn’t matter. If you only look at who’s leaving the stage, you won't see who’s stepping onto it.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Powerful states are flouting international legal norms. Both the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the images from Gaza that we’re seeing today are horrific, with the devastation of the Palestinian people being streamed to us live. I think this is a moment of global shame that will stay with us.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Open Society is contributing $1.5 million to support an equitable, locally driven recovery after the devastating earthquake in Colombia’s Pacific region, where more than 30,000 families are now homeless.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The task before those fighting for universal human dignity is not the restoration of a vanished order, but the patient work of making a better one. We are the authors of our own stories.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The human rights movement has long defined itself in the negative: no to torture, no to censorship, no to detention without trial. These refusals are necessary, but they are not enough. In Vienna, for CEU’s 35th anniversary lecture, I spoke about the new world we must dare to build.

"We have too rarely dared to affirm a positive vision—one in which human rights are not only about the violations that can be stopped, but the kind of world that can be built. One where everyone has the right not merely to survive, but to thrive."

Binaifer Nowrojee, President
Open Society Foundations

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It’s time for the world to step up and pursue justice for Afghan girls and women. Five years after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, I joined @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social to discuss the growing push for international justice:

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The attacks on civil society are led by those who want to discredit the principles of open society, free expression, and debate. Civil society is not afraid. And if necessary, we will go to court to defend our constitutional rights.

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Open Society Foundation-Präsidentin: „George Soros wurde gezielt verunglimpft“

Binaifer Nowrojee im Interview: „Ein Großteil dessen, was man in den Medien über ihn liest, ist Desinformation.“

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Without international justice, women and girls in Afghanistan, and the victims of war in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan risk being abandoned, the crimes against them unacknowledged, and the perpetrators free to repeat them. My latest for @data.ft.com:

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The ICC is all the women of Afghanistan have left

Trump’s vow to dismantle the international court will inaugurate a new era of impunity

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Women and girls in Afghanistan, and the victims of war in Ukraine, Palestinians in Gaza, the Rohingya, and the people of Darfur risk being forgotten and abandoned to their fate, with crimes against them unacknowledged and the perpetrators free to repeat them.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Without international justice, a new era of impunity will be inaugurated. Going forward, leaders will have no fear of being held accountable for war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide.

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The ICC is all the women of Afghanistan have left

Trump’s vow to dismantle the international court will inaugurate a new era of impunity

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Since taking over Afghanistan five years ago, the Taliban has imposed a brutal and misogynistic regime. As I wrote in the @financialtimes.com today, international courts are their only avenue for justice. But at the same time, international justice is under attack.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The crises we face today are real. But we know in the communities closest to the harm is where we’ll find solutions. It’s heartening to be surrounded by leaders and community builders from every region of the world at UCLG World Congress. @open-society.bsky.social is proud to be your partner.

Open Society Foundations President Binaifer Nowrojee speaks at a session at UCLG World Congress Tangier.

Open Society Foundations President Binaifer Nowrojee interacts with event attendees at UCLG World Congress Tangier.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Universality was never meant to be uniformity. It does not require that the world speak with one voice. It is precisely the meeting of many traditions—cultural and legal, new and old, on every continent—that gives human dignity its true universality.

Open Society Foundations President Binaifer Nowrojee delivers remarks at CEU.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The rights we now take for granted—abolition of slavery, the vote for women, the end of colonial rule—were not granted from above. They were won from below, by people who organized, argued, persuaded, suffered defeats, and kept going.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Nearly a decade ago, an authoritarian leader forced CEU out of Budapest. You did not watch the closing of a society from a distance. You lived it, and you persevered. That leader is now gone. Your commitment to open societies continues.

Open Society Foundations President Binaifer Nowrojee participates in a Presidential Lecture Series at CEU.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Today’s advocates of dignity and justice understand that the law alone will not save us. I say this as a lawyer who knows that the first international convictions for rape as an instrument of genocide came because the survivors I worked with refused to let prosecutors look away.

OSF President Binaifer Nowrojee delivers remarks at Chatham House.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

To honor the freedoms we were once most proud of, we must defend democratic institutions, protect everyone’s dignity, and resist the lie that rights are zero-sum. One standard—for Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine—because a standard applied selectively is no standard at all.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A multilateral system’s future depends on welcoming, not managing, a wider coalition—looking at who sits at the table, who sets the agenda. The same test falls on philanthropy: Support frontlines. Transfer power. Stand as allies, not saviors.

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Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Recent events, including the fatal shooting at a mosque in San Diego and stabbings targeting the Jewish community in London, show how the demonization of faith communities can deepen divisions in society and lead to terrible violence.

“The pernicious bargain that insists on trading in the safety of one community for the rejection of another is a false one. The danger does not end with Muslims and Jews. The threats to these communities today will follow others tomorrow. To defend them, and to defend them together, is how an open society defends itself.” Open Society President Binaifer Nowrojee in The Guardian.

Our $30 million initiative to counter antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate will: protect communities from violence; strengthen interfaith and cross-community partnerships; confront antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred as linked dangers; safeguard the space for lawful expression and free debate.

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Binaifer Nowrojee @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This is the work at the heart of @open-society.bsky.social’s new $30m initiative—to protect communities from violence, to build bridges between them, to confront antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate, and to safeguard the space for lawful expression and free debate.

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Open Society Foundations Announce $30 Million Investment to Counter Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim Hate

The Open Society Foundations today announces a new initiative to support organizations working to address an alarming surge of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate in the United States and around the wor...

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