A global network of women communicators & researchers. With 14 national chapters and members in 54 countries, IAWRT strives to meet the urgent global challenges faced by women in and around the media. It was established in the aftermath of World War II, see The History of IAWRT or IAWRT@ 60
Safety & Empowerment for Women in Media
The worldwide refugee crisis and rising intolerance and polarisation all over the world is the theme of the 2018-9 IAWRT documentary.
Chandita Mukherjee of India is the Executive Producer, who has given a preview showing of the film to IAWRT's regional conference, October 2018.
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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 .
What If? ... you are targeted by security forces, shot at, kidnapped, or have to continue live reporting while a person is killed right beside you? It is a possibility for any woman journalist who reports in conflict zones, whether it is an official war or an internal conflict which is not recognised as a war. The IAWRT has now launched a new handbook which helps female reporters plan to avoid such eventualities.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has registerered more than 60 cases of rights abuses against women journalists reporting about women's rights in more than 20 countries
Ilang Ilang Quijano
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.
With these two areas converging in the form of cyber violence against women and girls (Cyber-VAWG) or technology-related violence against women, IAWRT and Gender Links held a Parallel Event #MetooOnline - Workshopping Solutions to Counter Cyber Violence Against Women on 16 March 2018.
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 of online harassment and violence against women in media.
The Festival provides women of Asian origin with a platform to display their creativity in different genres. 72 films from 19 countries were screened.
Debasrita Chakraborty
A major form of infotainment raising issues of social stigma
Debasrita Chakraborty
“Radio is nostalgia”, said Ms. Basudha Banerji, Programme Executive, AIR (All India Radio) at the Radio Festival to celebrate World Radio Day 2018 at UNESCO house, New Delhi.
Sheila Katzman,IAWRT- USA Chapter President one of 22 Champion of Change for 2018.
Nonee Walsh
In August 2000, Violet Gonda left her home country to study for an MA in International Journalism in London. She expected it would be for one year. However, she was to spend the next 17 years in exile as a result of being banned from returning to Zimbabwe by President Robert Mugabe’s regime.
But she found that her media work in exile meant that she was not a stranger to many Zimbabweans.
In celebration of International Women's Day, the International Association of Women in Radio and Television - Philippines chapter will hold a forum that aims to promote a discussion between students and professional women in media.
Myanmar's neighbourins are left struggliing with hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Now they could be forced to go home.
Debasrita Chakraborty
