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24 More Girls Are In School October 21, 2011 by Susie Armitage The Youth Theater for Peace (YTP) team is very excited to share some more impact news from the program in Tajikistan!	YTP teacher's story a winner in Stories of Peace Challenge September 23, 2011 by Anne Johnson The story of YTP drama club leader Suhrob Ergashev is selected as a winner in the Peace Portal Stories of Peace Challenge.
Welcoming New Champions in the Fight against Child Marriage September 22, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson 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 international development community was palpable. I was especially excited to learn about the new Girls Not Brides initiative launched at CGI by The Elders in partnership with the Ford and Nike Foundations, as gender is one of IREX’s core focus areas.	Changing Minds About Child Marriage September 22, 2011 by Anne Johnson Last year, there were no girls enrolled past the 10th grade at Faroiz Makhamova's high school in Chorku, Tajikistan. This year, there are 20.
Staying True to Participants' Ideas August 19, 2011 by Anne Johnson “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already within a person.” As I listened to the words of Sanjoy Ganguli, founder of the Jana Sanskriti movement and keynote speaker at a recent conference I attended, I couldn’t help but smile.	Youth Lead Youth for Greater Impact July 26, 2011 by Susie Armitage Sabrina stands in the center of the circle, explaining a theater exercise to her peers: "When I point to you and say 'boat.' Together, you are going to make a boat with your bodies. Ready? OK...BOAT!" The room breaks into giggles as the three students snap into place: the girl in the middle mimes sighting land, and the boys on either side of her make energetic rowing motions. Sabrina points at another trio: “Good, but faster next time – otherwise you'll end up in the middle!”
Theater for Peace Inspires Youth in Panj, Tajikistan June 23, 2011 Youth from Tajikistan use their own experiences with conflict to create and perform in community theater.	In Remote Communities, Youth Give Rise to Voices of Peace May 31, 2011 by Anne Johnson Nestled amid mountains and winding roads just miles from Tajikistan’s southern border with Afghanistan, Otchapar is one of the more remote communities of the world. Populated by fewer than 20 households, it is home to a mix of ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks. “Our village has not had any visitors for the past 20 years,” explained Nurrullo Amrulloev, Head of the Village Committee, when receiving a group of youth theater performers from Panj, a central town in Tajikistan’s far south.
Bringing Messages of Peace to the Border May 3, 2011 by Susie Armitage “I am a citizen of Kyrgyzstan,” Suhrob Ergashev says proudly when asked about his nationality. Ergashev is ethnically Tajik, one of scores of minority groups in this diverse country. A history teacher in a village near the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, where violence often flares on ethnic lines, he strives to link his Tajik-speaking students with the rest of their country and the outside world. Ergashev’s students now engage communities and lead dialogue through Drama Clubs he founded with help from IREX’s Youth Theater for Peace (YTP) program.	Local Solutions Equal Lasting Change April 29, 2011 by Susie Armitage As aid budgets shrink, donors want to see more than just the immediate impact of their dollars – they want to know an investment will be sustainable, continuing to affect people’s lives for years to come. To achieve sustainability, a project has to introduce tools that truly serve local community needs. That’s what I love the most about our Youth Theater for Peace (YTP) programs—they present a flexible methodology, Drama for Conflict Transformation (DCT), which beneficiaries can use to address a range of conflict issues they feel are relevant locally.