
GLOBAL VOICES
IWPR’s network of journalists in areas of crisis and transition around the world produce reporting with unique insight from a local perspective
The majority of this work is produced in local languages and, where possible, disseminated via local online and traditional media platforms to impact the communities, countries and regions where they live.
Global Voices presents a selection of this rich global content, which is produced with extensive training and mentoring from IWPR expert teams. Story production itself is a critical component of IWPR’s methodology, combining on-the-job mentoring with opportunities to report and be heard by an international audience.
Ukraine's Transparency Dilemma
Until February 24, Ukraine was a European leader in open data. Russia’s invasion has made maintaining transparent processes more difficult.
Russia Holds Ukrainian Civilians Hostage
Moscow refuses to acknowledge thousands of detentions as prisoners families’ fear for their fate.
Mariupol: Life After the Drama Theatre
Actors from the venue that became a symbol of the horror of war reconsider their future.
Armenia Faces Demographic Risks
For the first time since 1998, deaths outnumber births, escalating the country’s demographic crisis.
Uzbekistan: Lack of Dialogue Behind Protests in Karakalpakstan
Experts warn that unresolved questions of national self-determination and social problems need to be treated sensitively.
Russian Invasion Overshadows Domestic Violence in Ukraine
Experts fear that a fall in reported cases obscures a hidden epidemic.
Ukraine Rewrites its Russian Past
Ongoing reconsideration of the use of Russian language, culture, and music gathers new momentum following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Armenia-Turkey Border Set to Reopen After Three Decades
The plan to allow third-country nationals to cross is seen as the next step towards full normalisation between the two neighbours.
Swimming Out of Besieged Mariupol
How one man swam to safety by diving into icy sea water to escape the Russian siege.
















"Globally, disinformation campaigns exploit both traditional and social media - and increasingly artificial intelligence - to lie, distort and blur."

IWPR FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Peacebuilding in Syria

Ukraine Justice Report
Highlights from IWPR’s Central Asia network of analysis and investigations
In Kyrgyzstan, access to education for children with disabilities remains inadequate, while readers in the country struggle to find books in Kyrgyz language.
In Kazakstan, our authors look at how self-censorship has become common practice in national media, while elsewhere the rising influence of China is challenging the notion of the role of Russia as the region's security guarantor.











































![Viktor Sytnykin in the yard of his house. He is clinging on to the hope that the body of his 90-year-old mother Natalia will be identified. "I don't believe [the Russians] will be punished, but I want my mother to have at least a grave," the former forest ranger said. Viktor Sytnykin in the yard of his house. He is clinging on to the hope that the body of his 90-year-old mother Natalia will be identified. "I don't believe [the Russians] will be punished, but I want my mother to have at least a grave," the former forest ranger said.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/ukraine-Izyum-essay-15-D-Pavlov.jpg?h=200fd47e)









































































































































































































![Lyudmila on the doorstep of her house in Avdiivka. “Victor and I received this land slot from the [coke] plant. There was a pasture. We were young, strong. I remember on the first of May, on holidays, we cleared everything here and began to build the house.” (February 3, 2022) Lyudmila on the doorstep of her house in Avdiivka. “Victor and I received this land slot from the [coke] plant. There was a pasture. We were young, strong. I remember on the first of May, on holidays, we cleared everything here and began to build the house.” (February 3, 2022)](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/ukraine-Elderly%20People%20On%20the%20Frontline%2002-A%20Stepanov.jpg?h=41f55a5b)
















Ukraine Voices

Ukraine Justice Report

Ukraine War Diary by Anthony Borden

Countering Disinformation in Moldova

Ukraine Voices

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"Always when I think of press freedom I think of my colleague Jamal Khashoggi... Jamal’s work is not over – it lives on in the spirit of every reporter working to bring truth to light."

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