Project Highlight

[left to right] Goga Aptsiauri, award-winning Georgian journalist with Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Nino Natroshvili, UN Women's public relations and social media expert, and Zviad Koridze, independent media expert, discuss the importance of gender-sensitive reporting, in particular in times of war and conflicts, at a public discussion in Tbilisi on October 11, 2023.

[L to R] Goga Aptsiauri, award-winning Georgian journalist with Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Nino Natroshvili, UN Women's public relations and social media expert, and Zviad Koridze, independent media expert, discuss the importance of gender-sensitive reporting, in particular in times of war and conflicts, at a public discussion in Tbilisi on October 11, 2023. © IWPR/Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics

Gender-Sensitive Reporting in Times of War

New guidelines aim to support journalists in producing ethical conflict coverage.

23 Nov 23

British Ambassador to Moldova Steven Fisher delivered the keynote speech during the launch of the Independent Countering Disinformation Centre (CDC) in Chișinău. © Mariana Aricova

New Centre to Tackle Disinformation in Moldova

IWPR launches one-stop shop for media and civil society to address Moldova’s hybrid threats.

10 Oct 23

Georgian NGO Demlab conducted training sessions with doctors and health professionals about LGBTIQ+ sensitive communication.

Building Resilience Across the Eastern Neighbourhood

BREN aims to strengthen civil society and enhance the inclusion of women and marginalised groups.

3 Oct 23

IWPR’s Go Viral festival in Astana. © IWPR

Go Viral Festival 2023 Wraps Up in Ashgabat

Panel discussions, masterclasses, film screenings and music provides unique platform for youth across Central Asia.

8 Aug 23

Tbilisi-based journalist George Lomsadze held a session about reporting skills, with a focus on how to draft powerful pitches and structure long-form stories. © IWPR/Monica Ellena

Journalists Sharpen Reporting Skills

Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian reporters delve into often overlooked topics at IWPR workshop.

26 Jul 23

Nino Japaridze, Vice President at market research firm Edison Research talked with Chris Miller, author of Chip War, during a session named after the Financial Times’ 2022 Business Book of the Year. © IWPR

LEADx Leadership Accelerator

Five-day event brings over 200 multi-industry executives together to discuss digital diplomacy, disinformation and entrepreneurship.

19 Jul 23

Siran Hovhannisyan (middle) of Women's Fund Armenia stated that flexible and unrestricted funding could provide a solution to media's financial independence. Hovhannisyan discussed the issue of media's challenges during a panel with journalist and activist Arman Gharibyan and Varser Karapetyan, project coordinator at the Human Rights House Yerevan. © IWPR

The Impact of Conflict on Armenia’s Media

Panel explores how security concerns have profoundly impacted country’s freedom of speech and fueled misinformation.

29 Jun 23

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.

1 Jun 23

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.

25 Apr 23

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

Ukraine: The Reckoning Project Reaches Millions

Testimonies form basis of articles and multimedia packages in world-renowned publications as well as a future resource of potential war crimes evidence.

24 Apr 23

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