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Afghanistan: Apr ‘09

Countrywide training workshops draw journalists from remote provinces into the IWPR reporting network.

Iraq: Apr ‘09

Training session focuses on developing women’s management and leadership skills.

Special Report

Border Conflicts Test Kurdish Tightrope Act

American support seen as crucial to helping Iraqi Kurds resolve rebel conflicts with Turkey and Iran.

Caucasus: Apr '09

Journalists across the South Caucasus region commend the insights provided by IWPR output.

Getting Truants Back to School

Poor families offered food aid to persuade them to let their working children resume their studies.

Film-goers Flock to See Syrian Productions

New cinemas showing domestic films draw crowds and revive fortunes of industry.

Mixed Fortunes for Palestinians

Many live in overcrowded refugee camps, but some have turned their makeshift homes into a prosperous town.

Damascus Slum Dwellers Fear Eviction

Residents complain of dreadful conditions, but worry redevelopment plan will leave them homeless.

EU-Turkmen Talks to Focus on Energy

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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IWPR Women’s Prize for Journalism

IWPR’s inaugural award for outstanding journalism recognises the work of our network of women reporters worldwide. Working in often challenging environments, these journalists face additional threats such as harassment, gender-based violence and systemic misogyny.

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