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Tajik NGOs Learn About Advocacy in Albania January 20, 2006 Tajikistan’s NGO community is still very much in development. Many new organizations are registered every year, but many lack the capacity to advocate their cause in promoting progressive change in their communities.	IREX Looks to the Future of Education during International Education Week November 14, 2005 Each year, IREX participates in International Education Week, a joint initiative of the US Department of State and the US Department of Education intended to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange programs.
IREX Launches 13th Year of Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program September 26, 2005 IREX recently launched the 13th year of the Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) welcoming nearly 170 undergraduate students from across Eurasia for academic study in the United States.	Jurabi Make Cents March 24, 2005 In an attempt to address the enormous problem of unemployment in the Khorog and Shugnan regions of Tajikistan, the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Chamanoro developed and implemented a project to teach impoverished women to produce national handicrafts.
Ambassador Hoagland Discusses US Foreign Policy Online with Tajikistan Journalists March 22, 2005 by Aimee Hutton and Christine Fetzko Last month, US Ambassador to Tajikistan Richard Hoagland participated in a virtual press conference entitled, “US Foreign Policy during the Second Bush Administration,” organized by IREX through the Internet Access and Training Program (IATP).	Trafficking Ringleader Arrested Thanks to Investigative Report January 18, 2005 by Russell Peasgood and Maggie McDonough Prosecutors in Tajikistan reopened a criminal investigation into a local trafficking ring after the broadcast of an investigative television documentary supported by IREX.
IREX Observes World AIDS Day 2004 December 1, 2004 Annually around December 1, IREX mobilizes its broad array of programs and its overseas presence to focus on HIV/AIDS.	IREX Observes International Education Week 2004 November 5, 2004 IREX welcomes the observance of International Education Week, November 15 to 19.
IREX Observes World Press Freedom Day: Activities by Country May 3, 2004 On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2004, IREX shares the following stories of media professionals and activities that IREX has supported in promotion of independent media.	IREX Observes International Women’s Day March 4, 2004 IREX marks International Women’s Day, March 8, by focusing activities around women who positively impact their communities.