Inside Open Society: Natalie Samarasinghe, Global Director for Advocacy

“Democracy isn’t about having the perfect constitution or being able to vote every few years. It’s about making your life better.” Open Society’s Natalie Samarasinghe brings her commitment to justice, borne of her global experiences, to her role as global director for advocacy. Her aim is to build up movements worldwide to to improve all peoples’ lives through democracies that work for all. Against the background of a rising cost-of-living crisis, the climate emergency, and the global reverberations of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Samarasinghe underscores the importance of listening to our local partners and providing them with the vital tools to overcome the challenges they face as they build better, more open societies. Inside Open Society is a look at the leaders at the Open Society Foundations who are advancing our vision to address the world’s most urgent threats to democracy and human rights at a transformative scale. Learn more: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/shared-global-threats-demand-solutions-shaped-by-justice