Kidnapped Iraqi journalist Safe
Respected Iraqi woman journalist held for 9 days
A respected Iraqi woman journalist Afrah Shawqi al-Qaisi was released by kidnappers in January, nine days after being abducted by gunmen from her home.
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
The IAWRT Chapter India is happy to announce the online edition of the AWFFestival, from 5 to 7 March 2021! Check out more details here!
by Nonee Walsh from CSW61
On the plaza of the United Nations in New York,The Arc of Return is a moving memorial to more than 18 million people who were forcefully removed from Africa and enslaved. It “serves as a reminder to future generations not to repeat this tragedy” according to designer, Rodney Leon.
A respected Iraqi woman journalist Afrah Shawqi al-Qaisi was released by kidnappers in January, nine days after being abducted by gunmen from her home.
Cybercrime law used against whistleblower website
Police arrest an editor and raid offices of a popular East African website, Jamali forum, in an attempt to identify contributers.
Planning for the NGO gathering parallel to CSW 61
IAWRT has begun planning for its event in New York, alongside the 61st CSW being held between 13-24 March 2017 in New York, USA..
IAWRT and FOKUS are looking for an experienced evaluation team experienced with women’s rights and development co-operation through civil society groups.
IAWRT Uganda chapter signs MOU with HRNJ-Uganda
The IAWRT Uganda Chapter and Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on projects that promote the rights of the country's journalists.
India member selected
Mausumi Bhattacharyya, a West Bengal media academic and board-member of IAWRT India, has been selected in the US government, Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) for Scholars, within the Journalism and Media Program.
"The award is dedicated to us all in IAWRT for the hard work and team spirit"
Media specialist and veteran journalist Rose Haji Mwalimu has received the Media Council of Tanzania’s top accolade, Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award.
The 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held in March, had particular a significance in 2016.A set of agreed conclusions called for enhancing the basis for rapid progress, including stronger laws, policies and institutions, better data and scaled-up financing. UN Women says it sets high standards for driving implementation of the agenda for gender equality, empowerment of women and girls and the full realization of their human rights and freedoms.
WINGS 30TH Birthday may Herald Change
WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, a weekly radio program by and about women around the world, has now been in distribution for 30 years. The pilot, funded by the NPR [US National Public Radio] Satellite Program Development Fund, was released on satellite May 13, 1986.
Yasmine Ryan, an IAWRT member and freelance print, tv and multimedia journalist, says she is "humbled and honoured" to be selected as a World Press Institute Fellow for 2016.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has launched its annual publication, Attacks on the Press: Gender and Media Freedom Worldwide for 2016. Through a number of thought provoking and personal essays, the edition examines sexualized violence, online harassment and the intersection of gender and press freedom.
The member of the month for May 2016 is Manju Mishra, who runs the College of Journalism and Mass Communication (CJMC) in Kathmandu, Nepal
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has been named the winner of the 2015 Tom Renner Award by Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE).
12th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival 2016
Uma Tanuku, Aaradhana Kapoor & Ilang-Ilang Quijano
Can a barber in a tiny rundown shop in Myanmar, sniping away hair, really be presenting an oral treatise on politics in Myanmar? Or a sixteen year old girl driving through Mumbai, while chatting with her chauffeur, attempt to revisit the most serious labor unrest independent India has ever witnessed, now forgotten forever somewhere under the gleaming, towering high rises?
team member, Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier ESP
A mixed team of indigenous Mapuche communicators and filmmaker-trainers, including the IAWRT board member Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier, has seen an exquisite short film emerge from a collaborative community project in southern Chile. The 6th Wapikoni Mobile stopover at the Mapuche School of Filmmaking and Communication of the Aylla Rewe Budi, involved fifteen youths, supported by dozens of adults and elders, within communities of the Aylla Rewe Budi in the Araucanía Region.