IMPACT
Impact reports from IWPR programmes making a difference on the frontlines
Myanmar: Filming the Coup
Participants in story-telling project empowered to alert outside world and fellow citizens to the country’s plight.
Libya’s MediaLab Generation
Scheme has produced professionally trained journalists and developed public and private partnerships across the country.
Georgia: Journalist Wins Peace Prize With First-Ever Article
Winner hopes to encourage more constructive dialogue around a sensitive issue.
Cambodia: Combatting COVID-19 Misinformation
Radio call-in show unpicks fake news and conspiracy theories around the virus.
IWPR Trainees Receive Bosnian Prize
Reporters honoured for work on those facing discrimination and exclusion.
IWPR Central Asia Director Addresses Regional Forum
Event hears how cooperation between civil society and media is both possible and beneficial.
Podcasts Boom in Central Asia
Format leaves presenters at liberty to cover areas often suppressed in other types of media.
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."
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.