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Posted on November 21, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Research Support, Gender, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: aid, budget, development, diversity, funds, generosity, gratitude, rule of law, Thanksgiving, tolerance
Blog tags: aid, budget, development, diversity, funds, generosity, gratitude, rule of law, Thanksgiving, tolerance
The Thanksgiving holiday in America gives us all a chance to reflect on gratitude, on generosity, and on reaching out to those in need. As we Americans from every background recall our...
Posted on November 4, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Gender, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: civil society, community development, girls education, media, MSI, partner, technology, USAID
Blog tags: civil society, community development, girls education, media, MSI, partner, technology, USAID
Congratulations to USAID on its 50th Anniversary
Posted on September 22, 2011 in Gender, Youth
Blog tags: bride-napping, child marriage, gender, Girls not Brides, leadership, peace, women
Blog tags: bride-napping, child marriage, gender, Girls not Brides, leadership, peace, women
I’ve just returned from a series of meetings in New York. With the UN General Assembly and the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference taking place, the energy in the...
Posted on September 16, 2011 in Education, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: China, collaboration, communication, education, leadership, newspapers, student journalism, team work, youth
Blog tags: China, collaboration, communication, education, leadership, newspapers, student journalism, team work, youth
Thirty years ago, I arrived in China as a young American diplomat after the normalization of relations between the two countries....
Posted on August 12, 2011 in Youth
Blog tags: achievement, community, entrepreneurship, leadership, youth
Blog tags: achievement, community, entrepreneurship, leadership, youth
The UN’s International Year of Youth reminds all of us in the development community of the value of youth contributions to a...
Posted on June 30, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Research Support, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: community leaders, donation, global understanding, ideas, IREX Founders Day, journalists, lasting change, policymakers, teachers
Blog tags: community leaders, donation, global understanding, ideas, IREX Founders Day, journalists, lasting change, policymakers, teachers
Forty-three years ago today, IREX was created to help advance exchanges, not just of people, but of ideas. As we celebrate IREX’s founding, we honor its original charge by continuing to...
Posted on June 15, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Media Development
Blog tags: advocacy, bloggers, courageous, democracy, Internet, journalists, media development, new technologies, reform, Twitter, World Press Freedom Day
Blog tags: advocacy, bloggers, courageous, democracy, Internet, journalists, media development, new technologies, reform, Twitter, World Press Freedom Day
From May 1 to 3, for the first time, the United States hosted World Press Freedom Day, an event inspired by African journalists. Every day around the globe free expression is under threat....
Posted on April 28, 2011 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Education, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: civil society, community radios, Liberia, libraries, Romania, Rwanda, social infrastructure, transitioning, Ukraine
Blog tags: civil society, community radios, Liberia, libraries, Romania, Rwanda, social infrastructure, transitioning, Ukraine
I just came home from Rwanda, Liberia, Romania and Ukraine. What do these countries have in common you ask and why is IREX focusing on them right now? Each one of these countries is in...
Posted on March 23, 2011 in Gender
Blog tags: community, community of practice, gender, international development, women
Blog tags: community, community of practice, gender, international development, women
Annual observances such as Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day are useful tools for highlighting some of the many accomplishments of women as well as drawing much-...
Posted on March 1, 2011 in
Blog tags: peace, Peace Corps
Blog tags: peace, Peace Corps
On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the Executive Order establishing Peace Corps. On behalf of IREX, I would like to extend our congratulations to Peace Corps on its 50th...
