A new fellowship for IAWRT India
Veteran IAWRT Chapter India member Dr. Padmaja Shaw, has instituted a fellowship in IAWRT India. The IAWRT-Shaw Memorial Fellowship is in memory of her late husband Rajendra Shaw. Shaw was […]
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IAWRT to Meet Gender Media Educators
Four IAWRT members have accepted an invitation to participate in a conference focusing on gender in media education in Jakarta. The gathering is being organized jointly by the Journalism and […]
Congratulations RSF Press Freedom Recipients
IAWRT congratulates the 2019 recipients of the Reporters San Frontières Press Freedom Awards. For the first time, three women journalists have been commended for their brave efforts to maintan media freedom. Eman […]
New Leadership for GAMAG
Mexican communications researcher, Aimée Vega Montiel is the new chair of the steering committee of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender. She was elected at GAMAG’s Second General Assembly, held in Madrid, […]
Philippines women-only journalist safety training
Many women journalists are being attacked and fear arbitary detention. In a climate where media and women are being undermined, targeted training was provided under the Safeguarding Press Freedom Project. Click on picture […]
Flying Broom Film Festival, Turkey
The 22nd Flying Broom Film Festival in Ankara, Turkey Nupur Basu reports on the success of the stand-alone feminist film festival, despite the loss of government funding for the May […]
Disaster Preparedness and Risk Management
Everyone desires to belong, to have a family, an identity, and a culture to love and be loved back; that is what makes humanity meaningful. A lot of people work […]
Ampatuan Massacre: No Justice after Nine Years
“Ampatuan massacre ninth commemoration has become excruciating” 58 people, 32 of whom were journalists, were killed nine years ago and the Director of the National Union of Journalists – Philippines and IAWRT […]
Filipino media women: attacked but unbowed
Young woman journalists work under military surveillance, are arrested and have equipment confiscated and receive death threats. Online publications are hacked after they criticise the government. Journalists face hate-trolling and are locked out […]