CSW: Women Speaking out
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A vibrant international network of women working in, or researching television, film, radio and web-based journalism. Every two years we host
an international conference on media issues that includes screenings and professional networking. The History of IAWRT IAWRT@ 60
This is a central theme running through a selection of films made by women from The Philippines, which will be showcased in screenings at India's Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films (MIFF) in late January.
The selection has been jointly curated by IAWRT members Ilang Ilang Quijano (Manila) and Reena Mohan (New Delhi) and includes classics such as Tondo, Beloved: To What are the Poor Born? (2011), Jazz in Love (2013) and Nick and Chai (2014).
The IAWRT Safety Handbook for Women Journalists, launched in November 2017.
Ronalyn V. Olea takes a look at what the handbook can do for female media workers.
By Sarah Nakibuuka Bakehena
The IAWRT Uganda Chapter held a ‘Safety Training Workshop on safety measures and protection for female journalists
The Women's International News Service now has active correspondents in Kenya, Uganda, and Cameroon, and occasional reports from Zimbabwe, Ghana, and South Africa.
IAWRT members meeting at the 2017 Biennial in Quezon city, in the Philippines have elected former treasurer Violet Gonda, a Zimbabwean journalist resident in the UK, as the new president .
The 2017 Biennial Conference Report is now available
The 14th Asian Women's Film Festival will be held from 5-7 March 2018.
This is a central theme running through a selection of films made by women from The Philippines, which will be showcased in screenings at India's Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films (MIFF) in late January.
The selection has been jointly curated by IAWRT members Ilang Ilang Quijano (Manila) and Reena Mohan (New Delhi) and includes classics such as Tondo, Beloved: To What are the Poor Born? (2011), Jazz in Love (2013) and Nick and Chai (2014).
Diana Iulia Nastasia joins IAWRT board
Diana Iulia Nastasia from the IAWRT-USA chapter has joined the international board of IAWRT.
NGO CSW/NY has created an online orientation video series for those who are new to the Commission on the Status of Women.
The sixty-second session of the CSW (2018) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018.
The IAWRT Safety Handbook for Women Journalists, launched in November 2017.
Ronalyn V. Olea takes a look at what the handbook can do for female media workers.
By Sarah Nakibuuka Bakehena
The IAWRT Uganda Chapter held a ‘Safety Training Workshop on safety measures and protection for female journalists
1 May 1982 - 30 November 2017
By Violet Gonda, IAWRT President
It is with profound shock and sadness that IAWRT announces the sudden death of Yasmine Ryan, the newly elected IAWRT board member from New Zealand. We have been informed that our friend and colleague died in Turkey on Thursday morning.