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
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?
Khadija Ismayilova sentenced to more than 7 year jail. Human Rights groups have widely condemned the jailing of Azerbaijan journalist Khadija Ismayilova for seven-and-a-half years, for or what Human Rights Watch calls “spurious charges of tax evasion and other economic crimes, after a politically motivated trial.
Many years ago in my university days, I was taken by this famous Chinese propaganda picture, based apparently on the late Chairman Mao’s quote, “women can hold up half the sky” depicting women leading a fairly equal gender divide of troops.
"Chilling effect on freedom of the press."Thai Journalist Chutima Sidasathian and her colleague Australian journalist Alan Morison, will not serve a jail sentence after they waited six weeks for a judgement as to whether they defamed Thailand’s navy.
Ruchira Gupta, an Emmy-winning Indian filmmaker, journalist, abolitionist, and human rights activist is recognized for her work in empowering women and girls.
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Nguka
cordially invites you to the launch of UN Women's global campaign to mark the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Women in Beijing.
The International Association of Women in Radio and Television, (IAWRT) – USA, in collaboration with IAWRT International will premier its documentary, Hands On: Climate • Women • Change -- Women Seeking Solutions, followed by discussions with climate change experts and journalists. The event will take place on Friday, March 14, 2014, at the Salvation Army Auditorium, 200 E 52nd Street in Manhattan, from 12:30pm to 2:00pm.
It may sound like "common sense" to acknowledge the strides women have made on social, political and economic fronts the world over. But, the truth is, the world is still unequal. Earlier this week, one Member of Parliament in Kenya, while contributing to the Equality bill said, "Inequality anywhere is inequality everywhere."...
Sustainable Cities and Women’s Human Rights
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The time has again arrived for us to begin planning for our 2014 Regional Conference next May. We wish to invite members to submit a letter of interest to host the Regional Conference, including proposed theme (s), estimated budget and objectives.
IAWRT International Board Member, Sheila Katzman, received an urgent email from Philippines IAWRT member Jola Diones-Mamangun looking for assistance in building an emergency radio station in the city most devastated by the recent typhoon...
The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) held a parallel event at the 2013 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which took place at the United Nation Headquarters in New York in early March. The theme of this year’s CSW was ‘Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls’. It is estimated that every second a woman or a girl somewhere in the world experiences some form of gender-based violence.
Personally, being promoted from a production assistant to an assistant editor for a big documentary production company (in 2002), as this was the first time I felt that I actually had learnt some skills in documentary production, and they were being recognized...
The AIBD TV & Radio Awards are open to all AIBD members.
