IMPACT
Impact reports from IWPR programmes making a difference on the frontlines
Georgia: Journalist Wins Peace Prize With First-Ever Article
Winner hopes to encourage more constructive dialogue around a sensitive issue.
Libya: Caught Between Conflict and Covid-19
Research highlights unique gender component of ongoing economic and health emergency.
Cambodia: Combatting COVID-19 Misinformation
Radio call-in show unpicks fake news and conspiracy theories around the virus.
Syria: Empowering Women Through Journalism
“We fight a criminal regime as well as society’s restrictions.”
Covering Coronavirus in Cuba
Regime mismanagement and fake news continues to fuel the crisis.
IWPR Trainees Receive Bosnian Prize
Reporters honoured for work on those facing discrimination and exclusion.
Central Asia: Imams Turn Influencers
Ground-breaking IWPR programme trains moderate clerics to combat extremist propaganda online.
IWPR Holds First-Ever Turkmenistan Training
Workshops included digital journalism, media literacy and fact checking.
Voices for Change for Independent Media in Libya
Libyan media outlets train to produce higher quality and more balanced journalism.
IWPR Investigation Highlighted by Global Network
Article revealed massive corruption in Tajikistan’s car safety system.
Malala's IWPR Roots
Global pioneer for girls’ education began her campaigning work with flagship Pakistan project.
Fighting Corruption in Ukraine
Specialist guide proving key to stamping out graft.
Focus on Nigeria: Dayo Aiyetan
Founder and executive director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting in Nigeria, and IWPR partner on a project bringing media and civil society together to fight human rights abuses.
Focus on Central Asia: Ilkham Umarahunov
IWPR project manager who coordinated a project aimed at preventing violent extremism and training religious leaders in how to use social media to communicate with young people.
Focus on Lebanon: Vanessa Bassil
The founder & president of the Media Association for Peace in Lebanon which works with IWPR on Aswat Horra, a regional freedom of expression project.
Central Asia: The Power of Conflict and Protest
Online event assesses the regional lessons and consequences of political dispute.
FEATURED IMPACT
Covering Coronavirus in Cuba
IWPR’s network of reporters in Cuba are defying one of the most repressive media environments in the world to expose mass government disinformation over the Covid-19 crisis.
"These stories can be presented as the ultimate testimonies of the difficult times experienced by all Cubans."
IWPR contributor from Cuba
Central Asia: Imams Turn Influencers
IWPR is training a new generation of social media influencers across Central Asia to spread tolerance and counter violent extremism.
"I was able to persuade families that it was a good thing to give their girls an education."
Yusufhon Zakaria Kyrgyz imam
Fighting Corruption in Ukraine
A handbook produced by IWPR’s partners in Ukraine has become the go-to text for the country’s main anti-corruption body.
“I keep it on my desk as a challenge for myself and my colleagues.”
Oleksandr Novikov Head of Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention
Malala's IWPR Roots
Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai began her campaigning work as a 12-year-old IWPR trainee in a Pakistani programme empowering young people through public debate and dialogue.
“In IWPR's Open Minds, we students learned how to express ourselves and the problems of others through the media. We learned so much in the trainings.”
Malala Yousafzai Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate
More Impact
Iraqi Champions Fight Coronavirus Crisis
Social media campaigners raise awareness and encourage resilience in meeting Covid-19 challenge.
How Central Asia Gets Its News
Ground-breaking IWPR research shows how access to information is changing.
Bosnia: Online Misogyny on the Rise
Study shows that sexist comments appear regularly across a range of digital media.
Syria: Female Prisoners Speak Out
“It is not fair for us to face injustice both inside and outside prison.”
Afghanistan: IWPR Trainee Hailed for Groundbreaking Investigation
Story on the taboo of sexual rejection amongst Afghan women wins numerous accolades.
Nigeria: Working Together for Change
How a collaborative approach is boosting human rights advocacy and defending social justice.