IMPACT
Impact reports from IWPR programmes making a difference on the frontlines
Podcasts Boom in Central Asia
Format leaves presenters at liberty to cover areas often suppressed in other types of media.
Iraq: Radio Stations Fear for Future
Hard-won freedoms may be at risk if outlets attempt to hold politicians and officials to account.
IWPR Holds First-Ever Turkmenistan Training
Workshops included digital journalism, media literacy and fact checking.
Voices for Change for Independent Media in Libya
Libyan media outlets train to produce higher quality and more balanced journalism.
Georgia: Journalist Wins Peace Prize With First-Ever Article
Winner hopes to encourage more constructive dialogue around a sensitive issue.
Libya: Caught Between Conflict and Covid-19
Research highlights unique gender component of ongoing economic and health emergency.
IWPR Investigation Highlighted by Global Network
Article revealed massive corruption in Tajikistan’s car safety system.
Cambodia: Combatting COVID-19 Misinformation
Radio call-in show unpicks fake news and conspiracy theories around the virus.
IWPR Trainees Receive Bosnian Prize
Reporters honoured for work on those facing discrimination and exclusion.
IWPR Responding in Syria
Focus is supporting Syrian partners to provide life-saving assistance as well as psychological support for adults and children.
Frontline Updates
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.
"These stories can be presented as the ultimate testimonies of the difficult times experienced by all Cubans."
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
Fighting Corruption in Ukraine
A handbook produced by IWPR’s partners in Ukraine has become the go-to text for the country’s main anti-corruption body.
“I keep it on my desk as a challenge for myself and my colleagues.”
Oleksandr Novikov Head of Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention
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
Nigeria: Working Together for Change
How a collaborative approach is boosting human rights advocacy and defending social justice.
Iraqi Champions Fight Coronavirus Crisis
Social media campaigners raise awareness and encourage resilience in meeting Covid-19 challenge.
Syria: Female Prisoners Speak Out
“It is not fair for us to face injustice both inside and outside prison.”
Bosnia: Online Misogyny on the Rise
Study shows that sexist comments appear regularly across a range of digital media.
The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies
Project aims to help conflict journalists meet evidential standards that will allow their work to support future justice processes.
How Central Asia Gets Its News
Ground-breaking IWPR research shows how access to information is changing.