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Posted on April 12, 2012 - in Education
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IREX congratulates the winners of the Spring 2012 Global UGRAD-Pakistan program video competition, “A Day in the Life of a Global UGRAD-Pakistan Fellow.” Hadia, studying at the University of...

Students from Pakistan are some of many who come to the United States to learn

I am pleased to share with you an excerpt from the written testimony I recently submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs in support of...

Posted on April 9, 2012 - in Education
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Pakistan "Sports Day" encourages young children with disabilities.

Because of the efforts of one Global UGRAD-Pakistan alumnus, more than 400 children of Special Education Complex, an institution for children with disabilities in Peshawar, recently enjoyed...

Posted on April 9, 2012 - in Education, Gender
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Young Women Leaders Represent Russia at Girls 20 Summits

What started as an undergraduate course on gender and communication in the U.S. propelled one young Russian woman to a leadership position on women’s issues and equality.
Ekaterina...

Witness to a Better World: Photo Essay from Kazakhstan

On a recent visit to a village 120 kilometers east of Almaty, I witnessed first-hand how the BOTA Foundation is helping under-resourced children and youth of Kazakhstan.

IREX Named One of the 50 Best Nonprofits to Work for in 2012

In the April 2012 edition of The NonProfit Times IREX is named one of the Top 50 Best Nonprofits to Work For. 

Posted on March 30, 2012 - in Basic Education Development, Education
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When 88 master educators from every region of the world came together last week at a four-day workshop in Washington, D.C., they shared more than the teaching methodologies they had cultivated...

Posted on March 28, 2012 - in Education, Gender

Last year, Karen Bovard, a teacher from Connecticut, traveled to Indonesia as a fellow of the TEA-ILEP U.S. Teacher Exchange Program. Upon returning, she created an advanced high school course...

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Communities in Bangladesh struggle to maintain an adequate supply of freshwater.

On March 22, 2012, the international community will celebrate World Water Day, an annual campaign designed to draw attention to the importance of sustainably managing water resources across the...

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It is not often that youth in Moldova have the opportunity to meet with the mayor, let alone solicit financial support from local officials. However, when the youth of the Theoretic High School...