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Iraqi Activists Reach Millions

Project aims to raise awareness on critical issues such as coexistence and anti-extremism.

A child visiting the exhibition. (Photo: IWPR)

IWPR Brings Children’s Art to Heart of Baghdad

Drawings exhibited in Iraqi capital convey moving messages of life and hope.

One of the training sessions in the IWPR Baghdad office. (Photo: IWPR)

Iraqi Activists Tackle Extremism

Understanding the phenomenon helps develop ways to combat violence and promote co-existence.

Workshops focused on learning new social media skills. (Photo: IWPR Iraq)

Stepping Up Online Activism in Iraq

Trainings focus on safety, content and optimising social media impact

The children got a chance to learn and enjoy new skills (Photo: IWPR)

Art Offers Iraqi Children Fresh Perspective

Five-day project teaches painting and drawing to young people affected by conflict.

Iraq: Training Activists to Maximise Impact

Participants learn how to optimise their reach and stay safe online.

Zaina Erhaim. (Photo: Hayyan Alyousouf)

IWPR's Syria Coordinator Shortlisted for Landmark Freedom of Speech Prize

Writer and mentor recognised for groundbreaking work on the frontlines of the conflict.

IWPR training course in social media skills, Erbil, December 14-19, 2015. (Photo: IWPR)

Social Media Training for Iraqi Activists

New ways of thinking about effective messaging.

Zaina Erhaim in Aleppo, Syria. (Photo courtesy of Zaina Erhaim)

Major Press Freedom Award for IWPR Syria Coordinator

Writer and trainer Zaina Erhaim is honoured again for her work in the war zone.

Impact: Middle East & North Africa

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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

FEATURED IMPACT

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

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.”

Rescue workers and forensic police exhume bodies from unidentified makeshift graves at the Pishanske cemetery on September 21, 2022 in Izium, Ukraine. The bodies will be examined by forensic officials for possible war crimes. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

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 reporters of Black Box, (l to r) Stefan Bejan, Stela Mihailovici, Mariana Rata and Ilie Gulca, the investigative journalism programme of Moldova's independent television channel TV8, tracked tangled routes for money flowing to offshore companies from Moldova. © Black Box

The Cashier of Dubai: Investigative Journalism with Impact

Moldova story leads to international legal cooperation in anti-corruption case.

Latin America accounts for half of journalists killed globally each year, with media workers facing dangers including complex government-sponsored attacks and threats from powerful international criminal organisations as well as censorship. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Latin America: Security Support Provides Media “Lifeline”

Physical, psycho-emotional and digital safety consultations allow vulnerable media workers to gain key skills.

IWPR-supported initiative showed that Venezuelan government was heavily involved in distributing pro-regime disinformation. They also identified a network of social media accounts posing as media outlets that existed exclusively to promote Chavista issues in the global media. © Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images

Combating Disinformation in Venezuela

Media and NGO alliance reveals extent to which the issue affects country’s online information space.