Entries by Nonee Walsh

Scholarships for IAWRT Members

Applications are open for the 2018 IAWRT/FOKUS Scholarships for Studies or Training. Deadline is 13 May 2018.   One year scholarships are available to members from countries in the global South, who have commenced […]

Call for Feminist Film Entries

The London Feminist Film Festival is returning this year for its 5th edition and is looking for feminist films from around the globe.  Submissions are open until 15 May 2018 and […]

HIV/AIDS and Gender Based Violence.

This story of one women shows how Ugandan women’s subservient status in intimate relationships creates a barrier to protecting them from domestic violence, and from being isolated if they become […]

Making IT work for Gender Justice

By Birgitte Jallov MP, Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare of Malawi, Dr. Jean A.N.Kalilani (pictured on right in green dress) set the stage and spirit for discussions […]

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#MeToo online

Ending violence against women and enhancing women’s representation in and access to the media is a key concern in and around the Commission on the Status of Women in 2018. […]

CSW: Women Speaking out

IAWRT has already been involved in several workshops at this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) being held in New York,  joining the discussion on the #MeToo campaign and issues […]

I Returned to my Country a Stranger

Journalist, Violet Gonda returns to Zimbabwe after 17 years in exile Nonee Walsh In August 2000, Violet Gonda left her home country to study for an MA in International Journalism […]

The Daily Struggle of Rohingya Refugees

Myanmar’s neighbourins are left struggliing with hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Now they could be forced to go home. Debasrita Chakraborty  India has a large population of Rohingya refugees spread […]

Speaking up on Censorship in Thailand

The story of a broadcast journalist who has struggled for the inclusion of women’s voices in the media amidst military rule in Thailand Ilang-Ilang Quijano The  upcoming 62nd session of […]