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Information and Communications Technology Policy & Innovation in Education Conference (ICT4EDU) April 27, 2012 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.	Caught Up in Politics: East European Media and Plurality of News April 20, 2012 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
Teachers Build Bridges of Mutual Understanding March 30, 2012 by Anna Wolf 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.	How Far to Take Empowerment? Genuine Youth Engagement: What does it look like? How to achieve it? March 16, 2012 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.
The Women Thrive Worldwide Gender and Technology Roundtable at IREX January 25, 2012 Invitation\| Access Denied: Bridging the Gender Technology Gap; Wednesday, February 8th at 3:30pm; IREX 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington DC, 20037	Global Population Growth: Perspectives from India December 9, 2011 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.
The Women Thrive Worldwide Gender Roundtable at IREX November 28, 2011 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	Healing the Wounds of War in Northern Uganda November 9, 2011 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
Are They Listening? Shaping Successful Youth Messaging June 21, 2011 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.	Scholars Challenge Assumptions about Gender in Eastern Europe and Eurasia May 27, 2011 by Julia Hon 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.