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Muslims in Europe are a diverse and growing population of citizens as well as newly arrived immigrants. Though the majority of Muslims are a longstanding and integral part of the fabric of their cities, many Muslims still experience discrimination and suspicion. The At Home in Europe Project seeks to improve the integration of Europe’s minority and marginalized communities, including Muslims. The above photo, commissioned as part of the Muslims in Paris report, portrays Sufis in the Paris suburb of Drancy.

The eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been called the worst areas in the world to be a woman or child. For the past 15 years, women and girls in the region have suffered mass sexual violence on an unimaginable scale, perpetrated by the Congolese army, rebels, militias, and others. Impunity has been the rule, and simply finding courtrooms and judges is next to impossible beyond the provincial capitals. In response, the Open Society Foundations have supported the creation of mobile gender courts able to properly try rape cases. The courts have brought a measure of justice—and dignity—to victims and demonstrate that, with modest support, local institutions can respond even under the most challenging circumstances. The above photo, of a local police station holding cell for a mobile court, is from the Open Society report Justice in DRC: Mobile Courts Combat Rape and Impunity in Eastern Congo.

Roma in the Czech Republic face widespread and persistent discrimination—starting at school. Roma children are funneled into so-called “practical schools”—dead-end institutions where they are taught a limited, low-level curriculum. Dominik Žiga (center) is pictured above with his mother Yveta Gáborová, older brother Nikolas, and younger sister Jessica. Dominik attended a standard school near the family’s home. Then, in January 2012, the school administrators told Yveta that Dominik needed to be transferred to a “practical” school. “He started at the standard school but he always returns home with bruises,” Yveta said. “The kids stab him with their pencils and pens. I take him back to the school, angry at all the bruises and the teachers say, ‘I didn’t see anything.’ The teacher said to me, ‘We aren’t used to having Roma children here.’”