IWPR-supported women’s vocational centre in Syria.
IWPR-supported women’s vocational centre in Syria. © Olive Branch

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Siran Hovhannisyan (middle) of Women's Fund Armenia stated that flexible and unrestricted funding could provide a solution to media's financial independence. Hovhannisyan discussed the issue of media's challenges during a panel with journalist and activist Arman Gharibyan and Varser Karapetyan, project coordinator at the Human Rights House Yerevan.
Siran Hovhannisyan (middle) of Women's Fund Armenia stated that flexible and unrestricted funding could provide a solution to media's financial independence. Hovhannisyan discussed the issue of media's challenges during a panel with journalist and activist Arman Gharibyan and Varser Karapetyan, project coordinator at the Human Rights House Yerevan. © IWPR
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The Impact of Conflict on Armenia’s Media

Panel explores how security concerns have profoundly impacted country’s freedom of speech and fueled misinformation.

A training session about Russian propaganda's roots and methods held by Tbilisi-based Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI). IDFI is one of the three recipients of the investigative journalism grants provided by IWPR’s project Amplify, Verify, Engage: Information for Democratization and Good Governance in Eurasia (AVE). The project also supported Moldova’s Media Birlii and Ukraine’s Gwara Media to delve into Russia-fuelled narratives and their impact.
A training session about Russian propaganda's roots and methods held by Tbilisi-based Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI). IDFI is one of the three recipients of the investigative journalism grants provided by IWPR’s project Amplify, Verify, Engage: Information for Democratization and Good Governance in Eurasia (AVE). The project also supported Moldova’s Media Birlii and Ukraine’s Gwara Media to delve into Russia-fuelled narratives and their impact. © IDFI
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Supporting Investigative Skills, Debunking Disinformation

IWPR projects build advanced fact-checking and analysis abilities among journalists in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

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Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © Civil Defense of Idlib
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate.
Jindires, northern Syria in the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate. © IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
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IWPR Responding in Syria

Focus is supporting Syrian partners to provide life-saving assistance as well as psychological support for adults and children.
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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.

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A woman wearing a face mask reads a newspaper in Havana, Cuba on July 29, 2020.
A woman wearing a face mask reads a newspaper in Havana, Cuba on July 29, 2020. © YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images

"These stories can be presented as the ultimate testimonies of the difficult times experienced by all Cubans."

Yusufhon Zakaria, a 38-year-old Kyrgyz imam whose support for girls’ education has earned him a huge following on Instagram and Youtube.
Yusufhon Zakaria, a 38-year-old Kyrgyz imam whose support for girls’ education has earned him a huge following on Instagram and Youtube. © Y. Zakaria

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.

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"I was able to persuade families that it was a good thing to give their girls an education."

Yusufhon Zakaria Kyrgyz imam

Covering War Crimes in Ukraine

IWPR reporting project provides unique insight and access to historic opportunity to see justice done for wartime atrocities.

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Forensic investigators remove an exhumed body from what is believed to be a mass grave on October 11, 2022 in Lyman, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine.
Forensic investigators remove an exhumed body from what is believed to be a mass grave on October 11, 2022 in Lyman, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. © Carl Court/Getty Images

“IWPR's Justice Report is extremely relevant for western audiences, both professional and the general public… [and] a source of factual information and analysis.”

Iryna Skosar Associate Professor, Odesa University Law Academy

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Malala at age 12 talks about taking part in IWPR's Open Minds Pakistan project.

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.

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“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

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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 Nigeria: Dayo Aiyetan
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The founder & president of the Media Association for Peace in Lebanon which works with IWPR on Aswat Horra, a regional freedom of expression project.
Focus on Lebanon: Vanessa Bassil
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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 Central Asia: Ilkham Umarahunov

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