Events

IREX is pleased to host the Information and Communications Technology Policy & Innovation in Education Conference (ICT4EDU) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on May 18-19, 2012. The ICT4EDU conference aims to demonstrate the benefits of technology and internet in schools in hopes to further advance technology in Kyrgyzstan’s education system.

A presentation of findings for The Media Sustainability Index 2012 for Europe & Eurasia. Monday, April 30th, 2012 2 - 4 p.m. at the National Press Club, Holeman Lounge

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 over the course of the six-week program: they shared a new sense of mutual understanding gained from the partnerships they had forged with schools across America.

IREX and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) are pleased to invite you to the first Youth in Development Work Group event for the 2011-2012 season.The brown bag lunch event will take place on Wednesday March 21, 2012 12:00 - 1:30pm at IREX.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 20, and direct any questions to Courtney Bjoregaard at cbjorgaard@sidw.org. 

Invitation| Access Denied: Bridging the Gender Technology Gap; Wednesday, February 8th at 3:30pm; IREX 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington DC, 20037

An ILEP Alumna will co-host a webinar on population growth on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at 10:00 am EST. In October 2011, the world population reached 7 billion. What does this mean for people around the world? Primary Source is proud to partner with IREX in offering this webinar. Mytheli Sreenivas, Associate Professor of History and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University, and Archana Mankotia, ILEP alumna and social studies teacher in India, will share with us their insights and perspectives on population growth in India. 

Invitation| They Are Not Just Starving: Challenges Facing Women and Girls in the Horn of Africa; Wednesday, November 30th; 3:30 – 5pm; IREX 2121 K Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20037

IREX’s Conflict Community of Practice Presents: Healing the Wounds of War in Northern Uganda | Monday, November 14, 2011 |12:00 - 1:30 pm | Brown Bag Lunch

IREX and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) are pleased to invite you to the Youth in Development Work Group event. This session will be the third installment of our series of programming on Youth, Media, and Messaging. The event will take place on  Thursday, June 30, 2011; 12:00 - 1:30 pm– Brown Bag Lunch. Please RSVP by Monday June 27 and direct any questions to Nick Ashburn at nashburn@irex.org. Please pass this invitation along to any interested colleagues.

Islam is viewed as an empowering force by some women in Bosnia. After the mass violence against women during the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s, some Muslim women have said that wearing the hijab offers a sense of security and protection.