Kizito Byenkya

Director of Campaigns, Open Society Foundations

Kizito Byenkya is the Director of Campaigns at the Open Society Foundations. He also serves as co-director of Open Society’s Washington Office. Previously, he was the Program Officer for Advocacy on Human Rights, served as Open Society’s US Policy Advisor for Africa, and also led a grant-making portfolio on engaging new allies inside and outside the human rights movement. Fostering new tools and networks to safeguard activism, advancing meaningful participation, and defend civic space.

Articles by Kizito Byenkya

1. The SDGs need a strong and loud civil society

   Kizito Byenkya, Chanu Peiris

   Global governance — Global

   The Global Goals represent a quest to achieve human rights for all. In the face of democratic backsliding and a global trend to restrict free speech, we must ensure that civil society remains an active force for their progress

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   11 July 2023

   SDGs: 10 16 17