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March 18, 2013
 IREX congratulates educator Randy Malamud for his recent opinion piece published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the premiere publication of the higher education sector. |
March 18, 2013
 Librarians in Ukraine are promoting the ideals of a “modern library” and helping to change perspectives about their role in the community. A recent national survey of more than 2,500 citizens revealed that, more and more, think of the library as a place to use computers and receive technical training. |
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March 17, 2013
 The Public International Law & Policy Group and the Syria Justice And Accountability Centre present: Mapping Accountability Efforts in Syria |
March 14, 2013
 The Tech Age Girls are bringing together their problem-solving skills with the power of technology to address issues relevant to them and their peers. In Bac Giang, Vietnam, Ngan is teaching her school’s journalism club how to use digital storytelling tools to better report news relevant to her fellow students. |
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March 14, 2013
 Recently, journalists at Liberia Women Democracy Radio (LWDR) challenged citizens in R.C. Lawson Community, a small village on the outskirts of Monrovia, to take a stand against sexual exploitation through interactive theatre. IREX’s Civil Society and Media Leadership program is committed to strengthening the capacity of Liberian’s civil society and media outlets, including community radio stations. Through this training and subsequent community and radio presentations, citizens are activated not as bystanders, but as agents of change in their communities. |
March 12, 2013
 In 2011, IREX implemented "Camera as Voice" training with the goal of empowering Azerbaijani women to express themselves through film making. More than 100 girls from across 10 regions in Azerbaijan attended and began engaging in conversations surrounding critical issues, through documentary film making. Watch how 14-year-old Aytan, participant in the 'Camera as Voice' training is now following her dream of becoming a film maker and breaking down barriers. |
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March 11, 2013
 Farhan Azhar sits down with reporter, Mark Albert to talk about his experience as a Global UGRAD - Pakistan fellow at Minnesota State University - Mankato. |
March 11, 2013
 Whether the villagers want to prepare for an exam, learn more about childcare, health issues, farming or just to knit a sweater, all this and more is available when they sit down at the Internet kiosk in Fatalikand’s post office. They have free access to Internet thanks to IREX Azerbaijan’s Electronic Village project. They are using a purpose-built computer kiosk installed at the local post office last October. The manager of the post office is trained to help visitors browse the Internet and encourage them to explore the world online. |
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March 11, 2013
 “Where are all the women?” That is the simple yet profound question Community Solutions Program (CSP) Alumnus Patrick Temera asked himself when he returned to his work at the Ugandan Ministry of Defense in December 2011. Temera, a Social Development Officer who worked with the wives and widows of soldiers on income generation projects, is no stranger to women in the workplace, but he had never before noticed how few women held positions of power in his own. Fewer than five percent of the leadership positions within the Ugandan Ministry of Defense are currently held by women. “I doubt without my experience in the U.S., I would have been able to see the need to make a change.” |
March 8, 2013
 IREX is pleased to launch a new video showcasing its work to advance gender equality. Released on International Women's Day, the video features men and women of IREX around the world in their own words answering the question, "How are you advancing the gender agenda?" |
