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Campaigning for the Rights of Women in Media December 10, 2011 Somaliland journalist Nafisa Hussein overcame many barriers and personal hardships out of love for her profession. Working first as a radio announcer, then as a newspaper reporter, she persevered. In Somaliland, women journalists are rare.	IREX Releases 2011 Annual Report 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.
Somali Youth Spreads the Word About Peace July 15, 2011 by Bridget Kimball Huda Qalib tears up when she hears the stories of clan violence. People “fight and kill each other over small things,” she says. “I wondered what they were thinking at the time.” Together with a team of other activists, the 23-year-old aspiring media professional is organizing a series of community conversations throughout Somaliland to bring together people from all walks of life to discuss sources of and solutions to clan-related conflict. Conversations are prompted by viewings of media spots which have been produced by the youth activists, followed by youth-facilitated discussions on the issues raised in the media spots. The events are being carried out through IREX’s Uniting Communities to Mitigate Conflict (UCMC) program.	Somalia: A Dangerous Place to Be a Woman July 6, 2011 by Bridget Kimball When the Thomson Reuters Foundation recently released the results of its poll on “The world’s five most dangerous countries for women”, Somalia, one of IREX’s program countries, was ranked fifth. We asked WAWA (the We Are Women Activists Network), one of our local partners on the Uniting Communities to Mitigate Conflict (UCMC) project, for their initial reactions to the report.
Celebrating Women Year Round March 23, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson Annual observances such as Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day are useful tools for highlighting some of the many accomplishments of women as well as drawing much-needed attention to gender-based disparities around the globe.	Somali Woman Leverages Media for Peace March 11, 2011 by Said Mohamed Salado Mohamed is a prominent negotiator in Puntland, Somalia, a deeply patriarchal society where women’s literacy is half that of men’s and their presence can rarely be found in the public arena. Through a process of community dialogue and advocacy, Salado is instrumental in re-establishing measures of peace in Puntland, the semi-autonomous northeastern zone of Somalia.
Women of the World: History in the Making March 4, 2011 As March is Women’s History Month in the United States, and March 8 is the Global Centenary of International Women’s Day, it’s an opportunity for paying even greater attention to the ongoing accomplishments and evolving needs of women and girls around the world.	Participant Profile: Mokhtar Nuur – Uniting Communities Through Media in Somalia February 24, 2011 by Said Mohamed Mokhtar, a budding media professional, aspires to run his own media outlet one day. Mokhtar studies at East Africa University in Bosaso with a focus on community development while also serving as Deputy Director at Somali Development Trust, an IREX partner for the Uniting Communities to Mitigate Conflict program (UCMC).
A Land Dispute Sparks Activism December 10, 2010 by Bridget Kimball Fosiya Mohamed Ahmed has experienced enough loss and grief for many lifetimes.	IREX's 2010 Annual Report Released! November 12, 2010 IREX’s 2010 annual report is here! In it we feature stories about just a few of the partners and participants who inspire us, such as: