Monthly Archive - October, 2010

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Posted on October 29, 2010 by Eleeza V. Agopian in Media Development
Can free speech be regulated? Photo by Jennifer Moo

How free is regulated speech? Do blasphemy laws protect groups or do they curtail freedoms?

I recently attended the 2010 Global Corporate Citizenship Conference organized by the US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center.

School children in Rwanda, Photo by Svetlana Kimayeva

This month, IREX is beginning the USAID/IREX Youth for Change: Building Peace in Rwandan Communities (Y4C) project. I met with Shannon Bruder, who will be managing the project, to get more...

Attendees at the Emerging Technologies/Emerging Democracies conference

I recently returned from a brief and productive trip to the Middle East looking at the existing portfolio of programs IREX implements in the region and exploring possibilities for new...

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Amy Ahearn in International Education, Education

Working on exchange programs can sometimes feel like providing logistical support to people trapped in a mine. 

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Eleeza V. Agopian in Media Development
Does the Internet know too much about you? Photo illustration by Mikey G. Ottawa

Is the new computer language, HTML5, invading our privacy? Or providing Internet surfers with a better user experience?

Krump dancing

Art can be a transformative force for healing – and for turning would-be soldiers into ambassadors for peace.

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Eleeza V. Agopian in Media Development
Thousands of Turkish citizens hold vigil to protest Hrant Dink's murder in 2007.

If anyone with a camera, computer, or blog can be considered a journalist, does it make sense for laws to create special protections for journalists? Or, if a journalist must be someone employed...

Posted on October 5, 2010 by in Conflict Resolution
Indonesian street food seller displays his wares in Jakarta

I recently got back from a two week trip in Indonesia, where I was doing research on civil society, religious tolerance, conflict mitigation, women's rights, youth issues, and technology.

During the blizzard of 1888, teacher Minnie Freeman tied her students together with a ball of twine.