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Letter from the Executive Director

Welcome to IWPR’s new online environment.

It is a perilous moment for news – and for news gatherers. While international media see their business models collapse, the danger for journalists in the field has never been greater. Yet we re-launch our website with radical hope

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Iraq After US Withdrawal – End of Era or New Beginning?

Hiwa Osman

Time for Iraqi leaders to take steps to prevent regional players moving in to further their own agendas.

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Hejab at the Seaside in Iran

Javad Montazeri

Women required to maintain strict dress requirements when swimming in public.

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Pakistan Trainees Report on Flood Disaster

18 Aug 2010

Blog set up to host articles written by young people from some of worst-affected regions of Pakistan.
Baptism of Fire in Pakistan

16 Aug 2010

After just three months’ of training, latest IWPR recruits are reporting on strife-torn tribal areas.
Georgia Radio Show Aids Stricken Family

12 Aug 2010

Impoverished refugees buoyed by offers of help after IWPR programme reported on their plight.

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Armenian Gays Face Intolerance, Discrimination

Sara Khojoyan

When I was commissioned to write an article about Armenia’s gay community, I did not anticipate the problems I would face finding people to talk to. It took me a month to arrange the meetings I needed, each of them laboriously set up via a mutual friend.

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Reporting for Change: A Handbook for Local Journalists in Crisis Areas

Reporters at the frontlines are at risk as never before. But with many countries moving towards democracy, the role of local journalists has never been more important. This book is a practical, hands-on manual to help local journalists contribute to positive change in societies undergoing major crises.

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I was born in the city of Shymkent in southern Kazakstan in 1989 and grew up there. After secondary school, I moved to Almaty, the cultural capital of the country, and it was there that I got actively involved in journalism. I studied journalism at the Kazak National University.

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