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!
Safety for Women Media Workers
Egyptian journalist, and IAWRT board member, Abeer Saady, has delivered safety training to journalists working in hostile areas in numerous Middle Eastern countries over many years. She has shared her long experience and skills in safety training at IAWRT gatherings in India and Nepal and most recently at the Johannesburg regional conference in South Africa in October 2016.
By new IAWRT member, Ivonne González Monsalve and staff
Marimari Sdomo, Poyen Chalin lamngen, (an affectionate greeting, Sisters). I live in the Araucanía region of Chile, which was autonomous Mapuche territory (Wallmapu) before it was conquered by the Chilean military in the early part of the
Notable Young South African
IAWRT South African Chapter head Sara Chitambo has been named one of 200 notable young South Africans in the Mail & Guardian’s annual edition of a project which highlights the young talent of the country.
ICTs for Feminist Movement Building: Activist Toolkit
A new toolkit, for using information communications technologies has drawn on the experiences of women activists, mainly in southern Africa, to outline effective use of ICT's to bring about real change.
Applications closed
Women Making News is the theme for the Long Documentary production, 2016. IAWRT will build on the same method of production used in 2014 and 2015, using five short films made by members in different countries.
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.
Cameroon sits up north between two countries that have and continue to suffer terror attacks in Central and Western Africa - Nigeria and the Central African Republic. In Nigeria, the Boko Haram terrorist group has carried out many terrible atrocities since it started an insurgency in 2009. The group, recently named the world's deadliest terrorist organisation, has killed about a thousand Cameroonians (Aljazeera quoting government and military sources) and chased away hundreds, especially those living in border towns.
The 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is being held in New York from 14 to 24 March 2016. IAWRT's parallel event, Gender inequality in the media: Exploring strategies for change, will be held at 12.30, on March 17 2016.
By Nonee Walsh
IAWRT member, Bandana Rana is thrilled by the recognition of her decades of activism on women’s rights in Nepal by being honoured as a ‘Women of Distinction’ by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York (CSW/NY).
$10,000 in cash prizes on offer for feature documentary and narrative films for the WVN 2016 online file festival. Entries deadline is March 8, 2016 at 11:59PM PST. The 2016 Women's Voices Now, Online Film Festival aims to portray diverse and under-reported stories of (self-identified) women and men supporting women.
A new edition of the 'Safety Guide for Journalists: a handbook for journalists in high-risk environments' is available. The guide says that violence against female journalists is a “double attack” on their sex as well as their profession. Throughout the guide there are practical tips for women in the field.
The IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival will be held from 3 - 5 March 2016, in New Delhi. Curated by Umadevi N.Tanuku and Aradhna Kohli, it showcases works by women directors of Asian origin, and shows work ranging from animation, to documentary, experimental, short fiction and fiction features.
By Nonee Walsh
Long serving IAWRT member Elisabeth Kirkby has passed yet another milestone in her full and productive life, celebrating her 95th birthday with her family, north of Sydney, Australia, on January 26th 2015. Lis has forged several dynamic careers since the 1940’s, as an actress, broadcaster, politician and farmer and she recently completed her doctoral thesis
The member of the month for January 2016 is Ilang-Ilang Quijano. Click on the link below to read more about her story.
By IAWRT-Tanzania Chapter
The Report on Gender Equity and Social Justice in Public Media, compiled from monitoring by chapters of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT), has shown that women and girls are not engaged fully as sources of information or in decision making bodies at different levels compared to male counterparts.
The dynamism and innovation of Archana Kapoor, the head of the IAWRT India chapter, has been recognised in the 2016 Devi awards. They are run by The Sunday Standard, a publication of the New Indian Express Group, to recognise hard work and achievement, against all odds.