IWPR

Syria Unwilling to Turn Back on Iran

Syria Media Report, 07-May-09

Syrian Media Welcome Release of Four Lebanese Generals

Syria Media Report, 07-May-09

Children Drop out of School to Work

Economic pressures are forcing school-age children to drop out of school to take jobs at places like the Dordoi wholesale market outside Bishkek.

Kindergarten Places in Short Supply

Pre-school facilities in Kyrgyzstan are overcrowded, with long waiting lists, Jyldyz Joroeva reports.

Kyrgyz Language Barrier

Disabled Children Missing Out on School

Most disabled children in northern Tajikistan are not getting any schooling, Kamari Ahrorzoda reports.

Adolescents Hooked on Computer Games

Reporter Shoira Yusupova interviewed families whose children skip school to play computer games.

Poverty Contributes to Filling Female Prisons

Reporter Bibiroka Abdullaeva spend the day at a women’s prison in Nurek, where many of the inmates are there for serious crimes such as murder and drug trafficking.

Profile: Buthaina Shaaban

As the Syrian president’s right-hand woman, Shaaban presents a polished defence of regime policies.

Ministerial Reshuffle Disappoints

Officials in charge of ailing economy should have been axed, say local analysts.