Training

Afghanistan: Sep ‘08

Kabul government clamps down on trading centre after IWPR report revealed arms-for-drugs transactions.

Countdown to New Reporting Project

IWPR Iraq Highlights Problems Faced by Women

Afghanistan: Jul ‘08

Preparations underway for expansion of IWPR training activities to under-reported areas of the country.

Iraqi Kurdistan Braced for Turkish Attack

Kurdish fighters in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan say they will resist a Turkish invasion of the region.

Afghanistan: Nov ‘07

IWPR trainees snapped up by local, national and international media.

Afghanistan: July/Aug ‘07

New press association and weekly newspaper planned a second phase of Helmand programme gets underway.

Afghanistan: June ‘07

Radio journalists from Helmand province learn valuable new skills at Kabul workshop.

Afghanistan: June ‘07

Reuters impressed with IWPR trainees in Helmand, while local PRT press spokesman says journalists are asking him tougher questions.

Hijab Discrimination in North Caucasus

Women in traditionally Muslim republic are being labelled Islamic radicals for merely wearing a head covering.