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Posted on May 17, 2013 - in
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Kate Thompson

IREX is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest Board member, Ms. Kate Thompson. Thompson is a Partner with Deloitte Consulting and responsible for leading a global portfolio of...

Posted on May 16, 2013 - Randal Mason in Civil Society Strengthening, Gender
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CSP Leader Julian Sanjivan

Despite Malaysia being a multi-ethnic, multi-religious society, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (...

Librarians helped farmers in Romania receive $187 million in government subsidie

A relative handful of librarians have helped 100,000 farmers get $187 million in subsidies via new Internet and computer services in just two years....

Posted on May 14, 2013 - Dara Lipton in Civil Society Strengthening
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Lipton meets Yolotown community members

Community-based institutions, whether they be civil society groups or community radio stations, have the reach and community buy-...

IREX President Presents Award to Ambassador Verveer

In recognition of a career dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls, IREX presented the 2013 Founders’ Day Award to Ambassador Melanne...

Posted on May 7, 2013 - in International Education, Education, Gender, Youth
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Chuppan Chupai

The feature length documentary “Chuppan Chupai” (Hide & Seek) explores transgender activism and underground queer life in urban Pakistan by following the everyday lives of four individuals and...

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Muslim American Identity Conference

With growing Middle Eastern, Muslim, and Arabic populations at Arundel High School, Barbara Dziedzic supervised the development of...

Forty-five years after IREX’s visionary founders established a single overseas office in Armenia, their NGO progeny works with 125 countries in the Middle East,...

Posted on May 5, 2013 - in
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Each year one retired member of the Foreign Service is recognized with the Direc

On Friday May 3, Foreign Affairs Day at the U.S. Department of State, IREX President W. Robert Pearson received the ...