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Sohia Farion, Senior Program Officer at the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (Gnwp), facilitating the capacity building sessions with civil society leaders working on Women, Peace and Security in Tbilisi for the regional conference of the BREN project. © David Mdzinarishvili

Building Resilience in the Eastern Neighbourhood

Subgrants in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova support peace, security and stability.

A pro-Russian rally in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek. Kremlin's propaganda dominates in Central Asia, where Russian mass media, mainly TV channels, are the main source of information. © Kundemi.kg

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Central Asian’s Vulnerability to Russian Propaganda

International discussion hears that response must be as complex and varied as disinformation itself.

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Moldova: From Village to Village

Project trains people in more isolated areas how to identify and combat fake news.

Journalism in Conflict: Reporting from Ukraine and Beyond

Founder Anthony Borden reflects on the 30-year journey of IWPR and how local voices meet the challenge of global disinformation.

A workshop held on 8 and 9 July by IWPR's partner in Moldova, WatchDog.MD, for the representatives of local media and the government about countering Russian disinformation. © WatchDog.MD

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Moldovan Media and Officials Fight Fake News Together

A lack of accurate government information provides fertile ground for false narratives to feed distrust and ultimately destabilise the country.

Family members mourn the death of Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, after his funeral on April 18, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. His body was found in Bucha after Russian soldiers withdrew weeks before, one of at least 700 murdered civilians found in towns around Kiev, according to authorities. The slayings launched investigations for possible war crimes perpetuated by Russian forces during the occupation. © John Moore/Getty Images

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Ukraine Justice Report

IWPR project will document long, painful and essential journey to bring Russia’s military impunity to an end.

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Central Asian Analysts Meet Georgia’s Vibrant Civil Society

Cross-border visit supports delegates’ research and analytical skills and builds regional cooperation.

The event in Ashgabat has been the continuation of a series of regional festivals that have already been held in other cities of Central Asia – Dushanbe, Tashkent, Bishkek and Almaty. © CABAR

Go Viral Festivals Spark Collaboration Across Central Asia

Events travel to region’s five capitals with the aim of inspiring creativity and cross-border connections.

IWPR's partner, Association of Independent Press, has trained citizens in more isolated, rural areas of Moldova – who often remain particularly vulnerable to manipulation - in how to identify and counter disinformation. © Association of Independent Press (API)

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Moldovan Journalists Explain High Cost of Disinformation

Media literacy seminars in more remote parts of the country highlight danger of fake news.

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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

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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.

Building Resilience in the Eastern Neighbourhood

Central Asian’s Vulnerability to Russian Propaganda

Moldova: From Village to Village

Journalism in Conflict: Reporting from Ukraine and Beyond

Moldovan Media and Officials Fight Fake News Together

Ukraine Justice Report

Central Asian Analysts Meet Georgia’s Vibrant Civil Society

Go Viral Festivals Spark Collaboration Across Central Asia

Moldovan Journalists Explain High Cost of Disinformation

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Covering War Crimes in Ukraine

Syria: Female Prisoners Speak Out

The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies

The Cashier of Dubai: Investigative Journalism with Impact

Latin America: Security Support Provides Media “Lifeline”

Combating Disinformation in Venezuela

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