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Posted on January 5, 2011 - in Civil Society Strengthening
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C2C Summit June 2010

What do NGOs focusing on women’s human rights, housing, child protection and higher education have in common? Much, when it comes to promoting joint Russian-American efforts to solve...

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Russian social workers brainstorm project ideas

Maria Kuzub, a 2007-2008 UGRAD alumna, organized a seminar for social work professionas on developing and implementing social projects in Saratov Oblast.

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Participants of the Global UGRAD in Eurasia and Central Asia Program actively participated in volunteer events in their host communities.

Posted on December 10, 2010 - Michael Mirny in Media Development

Michael Mirny, the Chief of Party of IREX's International Media Partnerships Program in Russia, offers a summary of a roundtable on old and new media in Russia at the annual AAASS convention...

Anastasia Ekkert (left), Miss Russia, Elena Sadikova, Oscar Kuchera, and Marina

Growing up in the United States, it seemed like everyone was volunteering all of the time and the spirit of volunteerism was something I took for granted.

Posted on December 2, 2010 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
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Students in discussion at YDCP conference

Russian youth take lead role in Youth Initiatives in Action Conference in held in Moscow, Novemember 16-17 2010.

Actors in Chelyabinsk

A group of young actors deal with difficult issues, such as HIV/AIDS, and educate their audiences both on and off the stage.

Katya from Kandalaksha

One of the things I love about my job is getting to meet young people from around the world who are working to make their communities better places to live. This week in Moscow,

Posted on November 18, 2010 - in Center for Collaborative Technology, Media Development
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Students at UHY, Russia

IREX support to the University of the Humanities of Yekaterinburg (Russia) has helped the school develop, and then expand, Russia's first bachelors program with a focus on new media and...

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Students use technology to communicate across the globe

When Moldovan diplomat and Muskie fellow Radu Cucos first accessed the internet as a teenager, he wasn’t thinking...