Projects

IWPR’s programming helps individuals and groups develop the skills, networks and platforms they need to communicate effectively, objectively and safely to help them drive positive change.

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Projects and initiatives are developed in partnership with local organisations and are designed to meet the needs of the communities they serve. All programmes and projects are measured and evaluated to ensure that participants and future initiatives benefit from lessons learned.

Projects By Region

Marie interviews one of the IDPs, who explains reasons behind the Mutengo attack, October 2010. © Tom Bradley

IWPR reporters on assignment in Kibua, October 2010. © Tom Bradley

Graffiti artists pose in front of their latest mural advocating safety practices to curb the spread of coronavirus, April 29, 2020, Nairobi. © Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Gathering interviews for Nadhrat al-Shafafa. © IWPR

IWPR Uganda trainee Giliian Lamunu working on a radio story. © IWPR

Africa Media Matters project. © IWPR

Sierra Leonean investigative reporter Silas Gbandia. © S. Gbandia

Africa

IWPR Africa gives voice to the voiceless on critical topics such as human rights and impunity. Working in some of the most complex operating environments across the continent, IWPR programming in Africa helps citizens to make informed decisions on issues that affect their daily lives.

Programming includes the ongoing Voices for Change (2017-2025) initiative building the capacity of human rights defenders, civil society groups, and journalists to work together to raise public awareness and launch advocacy campaigns focused on human rights violations. IWPR also continues to support leading African reporters produce critical reporting for IWPR.net beyond our core project countries, with essential reporting from the likes of Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania.

Rohingya Muslim refugees wait to board boats over a creek after crossing the Myanmar Bangladesh border on September 07, 2017 in Whaikhyang. © Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Asia

IWPR Asia works across South, South East and East Asia to counter disinformation, strengthen government accountability and promote human rights. Our work in the region builds links across media, civil society and, where appropriate, government, to inform and drive change.

Along with our core mission of training journalists and supporting investigative reporting, we engage citizens and citizens groups to help them become active participants in public life, informing themselves and advocating on issues that matter. We support local media, civil society groups and cross-border networks throughout the region to research, identify and combat the influence of Chinese ‘sharp power’. In the Indo-Pacific area, we support a wide range of groups to build greater understanding and resilience against COVID-inspired disinformation.

IWPR Ukraine conference held in Kyiv, October 6-7, 2017. © IWPR

CABAR training session. © CABAR/IWPR

IWPR organised roundtable discussion on hybrid threats in Moldova and Ukraine held in Chisinau, May 2019. © IWPR

TV interview with Tajik ambassador Hadyatullo Azimzoda (L) and IWPR Tajikistan Project Coordinator Dilnoza Mirzomamadova (C), September 2020. © CABAR/IWPR

Former president of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic appears at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, August 30, 2001 in The Hague, the Netherlands. © Michel Porro/Getty Images

IWPR roundtable in Skopje, December 2003. © IWPR

A three day hackathon organised by IWPR and the Tbilisi Startup Bureau, October 2018. © IWPR

IWPR reporter interviewing a resident of Ledici, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. © Sanja Vrzic

Reporter Eana Korbezashvili on an assignment in May 2015. © IWPR

School of Analytics session, 2019, Kazakstan. © IWPR/CABAR

Europe/Eurasia

IWPR works across the Western Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia to strengthen local voices of reporters, civil society activists and expert analysts and policy makers. Our focus is on strengthening the nexus among media, civil society and, where possible, officials, to help drive informed change.

Efforts focus on human rights reporting, peace building and reconciliation, anti-corruption and transparency, and expert policy research and analysis. IWPR’s enjoys deep networks in these regions, where we have worked since our founding and earliest years.

A woman talks on her mobile as she walks past a mural depicting (L-R) Cuban Communist Party founder Julio Antonio Mella and Cuban revolutionary leaders Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara in the Habana Vieja neighbourhood. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Latin America & the Caribbean

IWPR Latin America and the Caribbean currently works across five countries in the region where freedom of expression and access to information are at risk, supporting journalism and building activists’ digital and social media skills.

We strengthen the capacity of journalists and media outlets, from basic reporting to financial sustainability, as well as providing security training and support. IWPR builds links with civil society groups, enhancing communications strategies and supporting cyber activists to build awareness among new generations of freedom of expression and human rights issues.

Journalists are seen as the security forces clash with Daesh terrorists in Domiz district of Kirkuk, Iraq on October 22, 2016. © Yunus Keles/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Middle East & North Africa

IWPR programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region strengthen local voices of journalists, women activists, minority communities and others to help achieve positive change. IWPR maintains regional programming as well as a number of extensive and long-standing country projects.

Highlights include basic skills and security training and mentoring, supporting social media champions, strengthening women’s civil society groups and impacting public discourse through social media champions. IWPR’s has worked in the region since launching Iraq programming in 2003.

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