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May 28, 2013
 On May 2, the United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Pamela L. Spratlen attended a forum theater performance in Batken, Kyrgyzstan by the Kelechek Drama Club at Bakonbaev School, supported by USAID’s Youth Theater for Peace (YTP) program. |
March 25, 2013
 “I used to be kind of a problem kid,” chuckled Erzhan Kubat-uulu, a high school student in Kyrgyzstan’s isolated northwestern province of Talas, “My parents were often asked to come to school because of my behavior.” |
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October 10, 2012
 For the Youth Leadership for Peace Theater Troupe, planning a participatory theater performance means creating dialogue around Kyrgyzstan’s most challenging conflicts while also sharing a laugh with fellow youth leaders. |
July 13, 2012
 Washington, DC – Today IREX received a new grant from the United States Institute of Peace, which will expand its peacebuilding activities in Kyrgyzstan. With this funding, IREX will train and support youth and adults to create peer mediation programs in schools and establish and support a multi-ethnic youth theater performance troupe. |
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June 18, 2012
 “Strangers used to scare me, and it usually took quite awhile before I would talk to new people,” explains Jarkynay Yrysbek kyzy, a high school student from Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, a city that experienced violent ethnic clashes during the country’s 2010 coup. “But a year has passed since I joined YTP,” she notes, “and I can hardly recognize myself!” |
March 9, 2012
 IREX is proud to announce the video release of “Inspiring Girls’ Futures: the Youth Theater for Peace (YTP) Story.” More than 100 million girls under the age of 18 will be married in the next 10 years. In Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, young girls are challenging this figure by convincing their parents to allow them to stay in school. |
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March 9, 2012
 This week Faroiz’s story, Performing Empowerment, Changing a Father's Mind, is featured in the EngagingMen.net Stories of Resistance and Change e-magazine alongside stories of men and women from around the world who work for gender equality in their communities. |
February 1, 2012
 With the support of USAID, IREX is pleased to release the full results of the final evaluation of the Youth Theater for Peace Program in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. |
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November 18, 2011
 In Chorku, a small community in the Isfara district along Tajikistan’s border with Kyrgyzstan, Robiya is changing attitudes about girls’ education. In this area, only 42% of girls continue their studies after ninth grade; many girls marry early and quit school to take on household responsibilities. Intrigued by a Youth Theater for Peace (YTP) performance at her school, 14-year old Robiya asked to join the local IREX-supported YTP drama group and quickly gained respect among her family, peers, and teachers for her leadership on stage. |
November 14, 2011
 Our work today reaches and helps more people than ever before in our history. These stories highlight just a handful of the 300,000 people IREX has helped this year. |
