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Are you currently engaged in community development work?  Do you have the potential to be a leader and change-maker in your community?  Are you looking for a career development...

Community Solutions

IREX is seeking qualified experts to serve on the 2013-2014 Community Solutions Program selection committee. The Community Solutions Program is a professional development program for the best and...

Youth in Jordan Mark World Press Freedom Day

Journalists, journalism students and activists from Jordan and Lebanon who came together to learn about using online tools to raise public...

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Jordanian activists produced a video on verbal abuse viewed by more than 8,000

In honor of Human Rights Day, IREX is pleased to share the story of how four Jordanian women joined efforts to combat verbal abuse with the help of new media.

Posted on October 10, 2011 - Swathi Balasubramanian in Conflict Resolution

IREX staff member Swathi Balasubramanian shares beautiful photos from a recent trip to the Middle East where immobilizing walls depict mobilizing messages of hope. 

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Sixty-four motivated community leaders from 21 countries arrived in the US recently to kick off the 2011 Community Solutions Program. ...

Posted on August 16, 2011 - in International Education, Education
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One hundred American high school teachers from across the country are internationalizing their fall lesson plans after returning from global professional development visits worldwide.

Posted on January 7, 2011 - in Media Development
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Residents of Karak, a small city in southern Jordan, traditionally have had little media to provide local news and information. Now, however, they hear the sounds of Sawt Al-Karak FM, the Voice...

Volunteers at Sawt al Karak

When the Jordan Media Strengthening Program (JMSP) launched, in 2006, there was one single, albeit vibrant, community radio station in Jordan. Today, there are five, producing and broadcasting a...