Impact

Show All

IWPR partners in Armenia who played a central role in drafting the country’s third National Action Plan (NAP) have joined government officials to launch the initiative, which will ensure the rights of women and girls are an integral part of future policy-making process.

Project Highlight

Armenia: Women, Peace and Security

For the first time, civil society groups have directly contributed to building future government strategies.

An IWPR debate in Istanbul last week explored the particular impact that gendered disinformation has on women in the public space as well as strategies to combat the phenomenon. © Ege Güler

Project Highlight

Turkey: “Our Job is About Patience and Persistence”

Istanbul panel spotlights the rising tide of gender-based disinformation and strategies to build resilience.

IWPR and local Moldovan partners joined a lively programme of events in central Chișinău to mark Europe Day and celebrate the country’s growing partnership with the EU. © IWPR

Project Highlight

Moldova Marks Europe Day

IWPR and local partners join celebration of country’s growing partnership with the EU.

Journalists, human rights defenders, legal experts and diplomats were amongst the attendees at the Kyiv launch of a new IWPR guide that provides a user-friendly resource for Ukrainians to understand and access these ongoing processes. © IWPR

Project Highlight

“Achieving Justice Means Punishing the Guilty”

IWPR guide to understanding war crimes trials launches in Kyiv.

Philip Teye Agbove has been shortlisted for the prestigious Amnesty Media Awards 2025 for his story on a controversial mining deal in his southeastern Ghana hometown. © Gyanford/Wikimedia

Project Highlight

IWPR Journalist Shortlisted for Amnesty International Award

Reporter documented struggle for control over West Africa’s largest salt deposit.

Captured Russian soldier, Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, attends a court hearing on May 18, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sgt. Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a civilian on a bicycle in the village of Chupakhivka, Sumy Region, days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. © Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Project Highlight

Ukraine: Understanding War Crimes Trials

Public awareness and appreciation of often complex processes is vital to their success.

Protesters hold banners and chant slogans during a demonstration as part of the International Women's Day on March 8, 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico. © Karen Melo/Getty Images

Project Highlight

Investigating Femicide in Mexico

A series of IWPR-supported investigations reveal systematic official failures.

Reporting War Crimes Trials in Ukraine

Yevheniia Virlych and Naumova Olena

"Good reporting means we can't forget about the crimes."

Reporting War Crimes Trials in Ukraine

Oksana Matsopa

"We show the true picture."

Reporting War Crimes Trials in Ukraine

Yuriy Larin

"This is an important part of the information war with Russia."

Reporting War Crimes Trials in Ukraine

Viktoriia Mankovska

"If we don't talk about war crimes today, they will be forgotten tomorrow."

A workshop at the Voices for Change launch event in September in Accra. © CJID

Project Highlight

Championing Justice and Human Rights in Ghana

Voices for Change equips partners with essential investigative and advocacy tools.

Chisinau event hears that “disinformation reached unprecedented levels”. © IWPR

Project Highlight

Lessons Learned from Moldova’s Elections

Chisinau event hears that “disinformation reached unprecedented levels”.

Participants in the October 4 event are working on 20 investigative reports and civil society-led campaigns on human rights violations across Kenya, ranging from gender-based violence to police brutality and female genital mutilation. © IWPR

Project Highlight

Kenya: Media and NGOs Join Forces to Protect Human Rights

A series of investigative reports and civil society-led campaigns will highlight violations and call for action on abuses.

Through a series of workshops in August, Roma women community mediators in Chișinău strengthened their skills in legal advocacy, peace and security promotion, inclusive governance, and personal safety. These inspiring leaders are now better equipped to support and protect their communities, both online and offline. © BREN

Project Highlight

Moldova: Roma Women Driving Change

Capacity-building programme aims to increase participation in wider peace and security decision-making processes.

With its focus on empowering women and marginalised groups, BREN aims to create a ripple effect of change that extends beyond its immediate beneficiaries. © Astrig Agopian/Getty Images

Project Highlight

Armenia: Ensuring Women’s Voices Are Heard

Civil society groups participate in building future strategy for peace and security.

Reporting War Crimes Trials in Ukraine

Frontline Updates

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.

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. © 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.

"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.

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

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.

“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

Project Highlights

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

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

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