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
By Nonee Walsh
The Global Alliance on Media and Gender has added its voice to international NGO condemnation of the high murder rate of Mexican journalists.
In May, the broad daylight shooting of veteran crime reporter Javier Valdez from the Mexico City-based daily La Jornada, was followed quickly by the wounding of Sonia Cordova and the death of her journalist son, Jonathan in a shooting in Autlan, in the neighboring state of Jalisco.They worked on the family run Semanario Costeno weekly magazine.
“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 Philippines member Kath Cortez has lamented the lack of justice over the murders.
Filipino journalist Inday Espina-Varona has received a Reporters without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Award for Independence, at a ceremony in London.
Amplifying the People’s Voices
Amplifying the People’s Voices: The Philippine Community Radio Experience and Challenges, was launched in 2018 and is now available for download.
IAWRT Afghanistan officially starts operation with a launch in Kabul.
Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Culture and Information joined an early morning gathering in Kabul’s Green Zone to help officially kick off the chapter.
By Sultan Mahmood Mobarez
Deposed Dictator’s ban remain in place.
Authorities in Zimbabwe have ruled that a 17-year-old ban imposed on journalist Violet Gonda by former dictator Robert Mugabe will remain in place.
by Nonee Walsh
The IAWRT Nepal and India chapters collaboratively organised a Women's film festival on April 10, 2017. The event was held in Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Kathmandu. The associate partners of this one-day film festival were Oscar International College (College of film studies), UN Women, Shivam Group, Sancharika Samuha and NTB. The event showcased ten films, with panel discussions and interactions.
The Global Alliance on Media and Gender reports
To what extent have the recommendations on women and the media contained in global agreements such as the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action been achieved?
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.
Gender and Media
Proposals for hosting the IAWRT Biennial in your country in late October or early November 2017 are now being received. Deadline to apply is April 15, 2017.
A unique visual tool to capture women’s participation in executive government and in parliaments around the globe.
IAWRT International invites members from countries in the global South to apply for a scholarship to study in journalism, mass communications or releted areas.
Selected films from the succesful 2017 IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival held by the India Chapter in New Delhi in March will travel to Nepal for the first time.
Call for applications - IAWRT /FOKUS Scholarships for Studies 2017
IAWRT International invites members from countries in the global South who are studying, or want to start a study in journalism, mass communication or similar, to apply for a scholarship (maximum one year).
“Across the world, civil society space is shrinking, and democratic actors and human rights defenders face daunting attacks”.
That stark assessment at the opening of the 61st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women came from Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. So, it was timely that IAWRT presented its documentary on the dangers faced down by women making news, and a panel discussion at its parallel event for NGO/CSW New York.
