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Important Lessons for Baghdad Trainees

Gaddafi Regime Tried to Recruit Me

Businessman speaks of Tripoli lawlessness and attempt by Gaddafi loyalists to get him to fight the rebels.

First Person

Uprising Gives Egyptian Youth Dignity and Hope

They say the revolution has restored pride in their country and given them real cause for optimism.

Rain or shine Ramy Essam could be found entertaining the crowds in Tahrir Square. (Photo: Mohamed El-Dhashan)

Egyptian Revolution Inspires Artists

Political upheaval leaves its mark on popular culture, generating new music and street art.

IWPR Iraq senior media adviser Hiwa Osman discusses the growing influence of citizen journalists in Iraq at the IWPR/IREX conference Media Law in Iraq and the Region: Rapid Changes/New Challenges, held March 4-5 in Erbil. Osman used a photo of a young man who recorded crackdowns on demonstrators in Sulaimaniyah to argue that all citizens - not just journalists - require the same protection and rights to information under the law. (Photo: Hazim al-Sharaa/IWPR)

Iraq: Feb/Mar '11 Part I

IWPR/IREX conference in Erbil underlines importance of open access to information.

Iraq Event Hears Calls for Media Law Amendment

IWPR/IREX conference in Erbil underlines importance of open access to information.

Comment

Righting Wrongs in Tunisia

Revolution offers unprecedented opportunities both for grassroots initiatives and for systemic reforms to policing and prisons.

Women played an active part in the rally on Cairo's Tahrir Square. (Photo: Daniella Peled)

Egyptian Women Eye Revolutionary Role

Rights activists hope gender roles will evolve further in new Egypt.

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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