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Posted on March 14, 2012 - in Center for Collaborative Technology
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Beyond Access

A new report published by Beyond Access shows how libraries are helping countries reach the...

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Sulaimanova is one of 64 international leaders who contributed their skills and expertise to U.S. domestic organizations through the Community Solutions Program (CSP), bringing substantive,...

Posted on March 2, 2012 - in Gender
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Kazakh women

As March is Women’s History Month and as International Women’s Day is March 8, it’s a busy and exciting time for organizations and individuals who work year-round for gender equality.

IREX's Make a Better World Photo Contest

IREX is pleased to announce the launch of our first ever public, professionally juried photo contest! The contest seeks for photographs of individuals and scenes representing the IREX tagline, “...

Tech Age Teens is funded by a private donor.

As today is International Corporate Philanthropy Day, we salute private-sector partnerships that seek to make a better world. IREX's work is supported by a mix of funding from government agencies...

Posted on February 24, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
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Yemen protesters gather in training and information tents during the historic p

In response to a request from protesters on the ground in Yemen, the Justice and Dignity program quickly set up training and information tents at activity hotbeds in Ta'az, Aden and Sana'a's "...

Posted on February 24, 2012 - in Basic Education Development, Education
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Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC)

In a rare moment, far from classrooms and school buildings, 112 teachers and administrators from 32 states came together to discuss what it means...

Iraqi journalists

“Journalism is not about what journalists want to say, it’s about what citizens have a right to know and now technology makes that possible,” Dr Hamdan Al Salim noted after one of IREX’s workshops...

Posted on February 14, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening
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Arab Spring

IREX President W. Robert Pearson will be a panelist to discuss democratic movements and international development efforts in the Middle East at an event organized by the Society for...