## Tanzania: Inside the Trade in Body Parts Driving FGM

Secret trade sees “charms” sold on to traders and hunters.

## Kenya Allows Safe Abortion. So Why Are Women Dying?

Wealth inequalities and a growing conservative backlash are combining to put lives at risk.

## Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

Protests continue against validity of electoral win that risks diverting country’s pro-European path.

## Ghana: How Local Media Defied Pressure Over Vast Mine Deal

Volunteer-run station asked questions about a controversial salt mining project. Then the threats and violence began.

## How Uganda Tried to Silence Protest

Young anti-corruption activists tell IWPR of abuse they suffered in police detention.

## What Next for Moldova?

Country’s European trajectory may depend on healing internal discord and ensuring public trust in the electoral process.

## Moldova: Split Referendum Signals Uncertain Path to EU

No consensus emerges as to whether Europe offers the promising future its supporters envision.

## Kenyans Maimed by the State Demand Accountability

Despite scores of killings during a deadly crackdown on protest, no police officers have been arrested or charged.

## Separatists Abroad Are Funding a Conflict in Nigeria. Others Pay the Price

How overseas crowdfunding is fuelling a violent campaign by militants linked to a self-styled government in exile.

## Georgia’s LGBT Community Faces Stark Choices

Many fear that they will be forced to choose between asylum or emigration if Georgian Dream wins election.

## Nigeria: School Dropouts Face Hardship and Abuse

Child street hawkers are a common sight in country which tops the global chart for dropouts with 18.3 million boys and girls out of education.

## Georgia: Political Choices Fuel Economic Fears

Amid rising rates of labour migration, some warn that a pivot away from Europe could gravely impact country’s economy.

## Georgia: “I Want to Play a Part in This Process”

IWPR project manager explains why she is volunteering as an election observer in a vote seen as crucial to country’s democratic future.

## Georgia’s Fateful Election

Government and opposition alike know these polls will have a huge influence on the country's future.

## Moldova: How Social Networks Amplify Anti-EU Narratives

An organised campaign of pro-Russian propaganda interests could have a major outcome on landmark referendum.

## Moldova’s High Stakes Elections

Pivotal votes will decide whether the country continues on the path of European integration - or chooses closer relations with Russia.

## Kenya: Media and NGOs Join Forces to Protect Human Rights

A series of investigative reports and civil society-led campaigns will highlight violations and call for action on abuses.

## Lessons Learned from Moldova’s Elections

Chisinau event hears that “disinformation reached unprecedented levels”.

## Moldova: Roma Women Driving Change

Capacity-building programme aims to increase participation in wider peace and security decision-making processes.

## Armenia: Ensuring Women’s Voices Are Heard

Civil society groups participate in building future strategy for peace and security.

## Georgia’s Foreign Agents Law and the Lessons for Moldova

Chisinau event hosts discussions on how strategising and building resilience could prevent similar developments.

## Moldova: Coordination Key to Counter Disinformation

Ahead of landmark votes, addressing malicious narratives is critical for the country’s European path.

## The Oleksandra Technique: On the Road with Ukraine's Nobel Laureate

Ukraine's Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk embarks on a speaking tour across the US.

## Championing Justice and Human Rights in Ghana

Voices for Change equips partners with essential investigative and advocacy tools.

## Moldova: Workshops Tackle Gender-Based Disinformation

Trainings explore how to identify, tackle and counter the phenomenon.

## BREN Hague Fellowship Week

“We are going to share what we learned with our community and change some lives.”

## "Instead of Holding Guns, Let’s Hold Hands"

Regional event brings NGOs together to counteract conflict, instability and insecurity.

## Taylor Swift, Vladimir Putin and Kids Identifying as Cats

IWPR guide explores how malign actors use gendered narratives to disrupt societies – and lays out techniques to counter them.

## IWPR International Women's Day Journalist of the Year

Prize to honour contributors, beneficiaries and partners working in often challenging environments.

## New Cyber Resilience Handbook for Women Rights Groups

Guide offers civil society groups practical resources to combat online threats.

## IWPR’s Latin America Work Wins Multiple Journalism Awards

Investigations have been recognised by prestigious juries representing the EU, UN and national awards.

## Georgia: Peace Prize Winners Tell Tales of Reconciliation

“The root of the intractability of the conflict is the alienation between the parties.”

## Voices for Change, Africa

## Building Resilience in the Eastern Neighbourhood (BREN)

## Countering Disinformation in Moldova

**IWPR Women’s Prize for Journalism**

IWPR’s inaugural award for outstanding journalism recognises the work of our network of women reporters worldwide. Working in often challenging environments, these journalists face additional threats such as harassment, gender-based violence and systemic misogyny.

*"What was significant for all three of us [judges] was how the stories stayed with us - not just for the amazing yet harrowing insights into these women’s lives but the courage it took for them to keep going, to experience the harshness in which they lived and to tell the world about it through their stories."*

**World Press Freedom Day 2024**

On World Press Freedom Day we focus on local journalists facing myriad challenges in the tireless pursuit of truth and their enduring efforts to bring meaningful change.

Democratic accountability comes from journalists investigating their own societies – IWPR provides a much needed platform and support for those reporting from some of the most dangerous and difficult places in the world.

Disinformation is a major global threat , especially in conflict and post-conflict areas. IWPR performs a vital mission, building up local voices as a bulwark against this challenge.

IWPR fills a critical gap by helping local journalists to focus on human rights and justice issues. In the process, it contributes to democratic transitions, and demonstrates that the best war reporting is not about military conflict, but human consequences.