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Prossy Kawala returns to Uganda to increase accountability using the radio.

Prossy Kawala, a radio DJ from Uganda, went from sharing shout-outs to promoting social change. “We thought we can do more, the radio can do more.”

Posted on December 10, 2012 - in International Education, Education
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Undergraduate students from Eurasia and Central Asia interested in studying in the US can now apply for the Global UGRAD in Eurasia & Central Asia program (Global UGRAD). Application materials...

Posted on December 10, 2012 - in Gender
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16 Days Against Gender Violence

As this year’s 16 Days Against Gender Violence comes to a close today on...

Posted on December 6, 2012 - in Gender
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16 Days Against Gender Violence

For IREX’s observation of the 16 Days Against Gender Based-Violence this year, we sat down with Ray Dinkins...

Posted on December 5, 2012 - in
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A group of 21 student leaders from Azerbaijan traveled to southern Arizona to learn about civic engagement from a group even few fellow Americans get to meet: the Tohono O’odham American Indian...

Posted on December 4, 2012 - in Education
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UGRAD Student volunteers

Five Global UGRAD students at the University of Louisiana at Monroe recently experienced the impact of collective action in their host community....

Posted on December 3, 2012 - in Media Development
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IREX Commemorates 15 Years of Building Independent Media in Serbia

IREX and USAID commemorated the close of the ...

Posted on December 3, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening
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Padam Pariyar and his mentor at the United States International Council on Disab

Across the globe, people with disabilities face an array of societal barriers that put them at a severe disadvantage. In the United States people with disabilities are four times as likely to be a...

Posted on December 3, 2012 - in Gender, Media Development
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Liberia Women Democracy Radio

Despite Liberia’s progress since its civil war ended, the country’s rate of gender-based violence (GBV), including domestic...