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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	Taking Our Mission Local: IREX Employees Support 826DC December 22, 2011 by Susie Armitage In over 100 countries from Armenia to Zimbabwe, IREX enables local individuals and institutions to make a better world. While we share a passion for international action, IREX headquarters employees also strive to make a difference here in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
World AIDS Day 2011: Views from Africa and Eurasia December 1, 2011 HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic that brings with it local challenges as well as local solutions. In observation of World AIDS Day, IREX is pleased to share some insights into the complex issues that surround the disease across the globe by giving voice to some of those individuals working in this field.	International Education Week: Teaching Cultural Awareness in the U.S. and Ukraine November 18, 2011 When Greg Adler, a history teacher in San Jose, California, met Ukrainian teaching fellow Natasha Kanarska through the Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) program, he didn’t realize the extent to which this educational partnership would globalize each of their classrooms and schools.
International Education Week: Cultural Exchange through Technology November 16, 2011 by Jason Vuong Do The seniors at Webster Groves High School in St Louis, Missouri begin every online project with students in Kyrgyzstan with pre-conceived notions that there is nothing in common between the two countries, but they always end with a strong mutual understanding built around more similarities than differences.	Getting Ready for Disaster November 14, 2011 The 2010 earthquake in Haiti took the lives of thousands and devastated the health and education systems of heavily populated areas throughout the country. Amidst the chaos and destruction, Haitians provided training and safe spaces for students to help restore structure and develop skills to respond to potential future disasters. Jovenel Thomas, an English teacher from Cap-Haitien, has been a champion for these much-needed efforts.
Sharing Environmental Practices: From Bangladesh to the Gulf Coast November 9, 2011 by Thomas Kelly Tucked away on a quiet campus that extends along the Mississippi coast, Taibur Rahman lectures to a group of researchers, practitioners and students from The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Lab. Rahman, a Bangladeshi spending four months in the United States working with the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium as a 2011 Community Solutions Program (CSP) leader, is presenting on economic development in Bangladesh and the country’s increasing vulnerability to climate change.	Global Citizens Emerge through a Global Curriculum September 14, 2011 by Lisa Inks When middle school students in Asheville, NC, raised funds to support girls’ rights in China, improve water access in Cambodia, and help earthquake victims in Japan, their lives changed as well. They gained a greater understanding of their role in the world at the hands of their globally savvy and inspiring teacher, Kathy Millar.
Teacher Fellows from Pakistan Arrive in US August 17, 2011 A group of teachers from Pakistan arrived in the US recently and were welcomed into the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA). TEA brings outstanding secondary school teachers from around the globe to the United States to further develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States.	American Teachers Bring the World to the Classroom August 16, 2011 One hundred American high school teachers from across the country are internationalizing their fall lesson plans after returning from global professional development visits worldwide.