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Religious Tolerance, Youth Journalists and Lebanon

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Lebanon’s myriad confessional and religious divisions have long been a factor preventing the country from achieving social and political stability. In recent months, political events contributed to increasing tensions in Lebanon and the region as a whole.

Lebanon’s myriad confessional and religious divisions have long been a factor preventing the country from achieving social and political stability. In recent months, political events contributed to increasing tensions in Lebanon and the region as a whole.

Internet Access Helps Rural Azerbaijanis Connect with Legal Resources

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With the help of an IREX-supported Internet access center in Guba, one Azerbaijani man was able to get the government to respond to his questions.

When Eyvaz Osmanov, a resident of the northern Azerbaijani town of Guba, needed a new electricity meter, he first went to the local IREX f.y.i. Center. With the help of the Center’s staff he researched the installation process. Osmanov learned that according to legislation adopted by the Azerbaijani parliament in August 2009, the electricity company was responsible for the cost of installing the new meter. When the electricity company’s engineers came to install the meter, however, they asked Osmanov to pay for it.

Breaking the Silence: Internet Centers Provide Opportunities for Women in Azerbaijan

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Women who use IREX's Internet access, or f.y.i. centers in Azerbaijan, find resources and empowerment.

Aida Gasimova, 33, is by any measure an accomplished woman. She holds a degree from an American university, speaks four languages, teaches English and is a composer of Azerbaijani Mugam music. However, life for the resident of Imishli — a town of 33,000 in south central Azerbaijan — hasn’t been easy. Pushed into an early marriage, Gasimova had a child at the age of 18 and shortly after went to work to help support her family.

International Women’s Day: Views from A Kenyan Teacher

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Alice Sayo is a teacher from Kenya who arrived in the US in January 2011 as a participant on the International Leaders in Education Program. Against incredible odds, Alice avoided early marriage, went to school, and became a teacher, assistant principal, and an advocate for girls’ education.

A Kenyan Woman Escapes Early Marriage

Teaching Tolerance to Youth in Georgia

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Koba Grdzelishvili encountered many cultures while studying education at the University of Minnesota and working as a camp counselor in Colorado.  Since returning to Georgia, Grdzelishvili has participated in several events designed to bring together youth from different cultural backgrounds.  

Muskie fellow Koba Grdzelishvili encountered many cultures while studying education at the University of Minnesota and working as a camp counselor in Colorado.  Since returning to Georgia, Grdzelishvili has participated in several events designed to bring together youth from different cultural backgrounds.
  

Empowering Citizen Participation in Moldova

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Over the past six years the Moldova Citizen Participation Program (CPP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by IREX, achieved significant progress in empowering the citizens of Moldova to generate positive change in their communities

A mini-movie profiling some of the program's beneficiaries

Getting Libraries on the Agenda: The Rozhnyativ Library System Secures Government Support

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For the next several years the Rozhnyativ Centralized Library System in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast of Ukraine can concentrate on providing services to patrons without worrying about financing operations. As a result of the recently adoped government program, the government will provide up to $36,000 to support implementation of the Library Internet Access Program in Rozhnyativ Raion.

For the next several years the Rozhnyativ Centralized Library System in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast of Ukraine can concentrate on providing services to patrons without worrying about financing operations. As a result of a recently adopted local government program , the government will provide up to $36,000 to support implementation of the Library Internet Access Program in Rozhnyativ Raion.

UGRAD Fellows Show Americans Another Side of Pakistan

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The Global UGRAD-Pakistan fellows have embraced their role as cultural ambassadors in the US, spreading awareness about Pakistan through country presentations on and off campus. 

The Global UGRAD-Pakistan fellows embrace their role as cultural ambassadors in the United States, broadening American’s perspectives on Pakistan through country presentations on and off campus.

Participant Profile: Mokhtar Nuur – Uniting Communities Through Media in Somalia

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Mokhtar, a budding media professional, aspires to run his own media outlet one day.  Mokhtar studies at East Africa University in Bosaso with a focus on community development while also serving as Deputy Director at Somali Development Trust, an IREX partner for the Uniting Communities to Mitigate Conflict program (UCMC).

Please view the practice video that the participants created during last fall's media workshop

Social Media Skills for the Next Generation of Iraqi Journalists

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IREX’s efforts to enhance new media literacy among journalists and civil society in Iraq coincides with a wave of demonstrations for democracy across the Arab World that has shown the power of social networking sites, leading authorities in Egypt, then later Libya to cut Internet and mobile phone services in an attempt to disrupt demonstrations.

The University of Salahaddin’s Media Institute in Erbil, capital of Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, teaches its students many skills that a classic journalist needs to know. However, it has not been able to provide these future journalists with the skills needed to use social media, a growing source of information in Iraq.

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