Iraq: Bringing Faith Communities Together
Grassroots efforts promote solidarity between members of different religions.
Georgia: Special Peace Prize Winner Announced
Winning article follows the struggles of an ethnically-mixed village.
Georgia: Hackathon for Hi-Tech Solutions
Specialists develop innovative tools for eco-friendly journalism.
IWPR Launches CABAR.asia Media School
Website brings together educational resources with up-to-date video trainings.
Tajik Media Losing Relevance
Independent print outlets at risk of disappearing altogether.
IWPR Surveys Media and Civil Society in Central Asia
Experts emphasise need for closer contact and more cooperation.
IWPR Brings Female Syrian Activists to the Netherlands
Women seize opportunity to debunk myths surrounding the conflict.
IWPR Summer School Wraps Up in Bishkek
Twenty specialists took part in classes run by regional and international trainers.
Central Asia's New School of Analytic Journalism
Ten-day course equips young journalists with specialist tools.
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.
![A woman wearing a face mask reads a newspaper in Havana, Cuba on July 29, 2020.](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/GettyImages-1227827692%20copy_1-web.jpg?h=56d0ca2e)
"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.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large_932_/public/images/story/kyrgyzstan-Yusufhon-Zakaria-2-insta-web.jpg)
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.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large_932_/public/images/story/GettyImages-1243892955.jpg)
“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'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
Covering War Crimes in Ukraine
IWPR reporting project provides unique insight and access to historic opportunity to see justice done for wartime atrocities.
Syria: Female Prisoners Speak Out
“It is not fair for us to face injustice both inside and outside prison.”
The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies
Project aims to help conflict journalists meet evidential standards that will allow their work to support future justice processes.
The Cashier of Dubai: Investigative Journalism with Impact
Moldova story leads to international legal cooperation in anti-corruption case.
Latin America: Security Support Provides Media “Lifeline”
Physical, psycho-emotional and digital safety consultations allow vulnerable media workers to gain key skills.
Combating Disinformation in Venezuela
Media and NGO alliance reveals extent to which the issue affects country’s online information space.