Disaster Preparedness and Risk Management
Journalists Point to Community Radio CSW63
By Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye
News
15 Jun 2020
Philippines
Statement on the cyber libel conviction of Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr.
Guilty verdict handed down on Monday morning, June 15
9 Jun 2020
United States
Statement on the attacks on journalists covering protests in the USA
Women journalists are among those attacked or arrested while doing their job
1 Jun 2020
India
Challenges on multiple fronts during COVID-19 pandemic : a view from India
It has been an eventful 60 plus days of lockdown in India - one of the world’s largest democracies.
COVID-19 cases have now reached almost 170000 despite a very strict lockdown.
by Nupur Basu
27 May 2020
Morocco
The Media as an Agent of Change: Africa Can Survive Climate Change Impact
African Women Journalist Forum gather 300 journalists in Casablanca, Morocco
Strengthening the capacity of African media to cover the subject of climate change
By Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye
22 May 2020
Philippines
IAWRT World Press Freedom Day Online Protest
IAWRT chapter heads join IAWRT Philippines online protest
The event was organized quickly following arrest of two IAWRT Philippines members on May 1
by Lynda Catindig-Garcia
Pages
25 Feb 2020
United States
IAWRT CSW64 Side Event
On Countering Negative Social Norms and Discriminatory Practices
The discussion will revolve on addressing governments and international organizations actions to promote a balanced portrayal of women and girls and their multiple roles in the media.
18 Feb 2020
United States
IAWRT CSW64 Parallel Event: Women and the Media
IAWRT's parallel event at the 64th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW64) is on Women and Media: Addressing progress in media coverage of women and media's role 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
The discussion takes place on 11 March, 4:30pm at United Nations Church Center, 10th floor.
27 Jan 2020
2020 Asian Women's Film Festival
"If you listen closely you can hear many tongues speaking in unison, in a cacophony, in rhythm, sometimes with its own beat. As filmmakers we go out into the world to record these voices in the hope they will never be lost."
This year 52 films from 15 countries have been selected from more than 700 entries to the 16th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival. It will be held at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi on March 4, 5, 6 and 7.
24 Jan 2020
United States
How to Create a Gender-equal World
NGO CSW monthly meeting in January discussed creating a gender-equal world through participation and accountability
by Marry Ferreira Busquet
NGO CSW Forum
The sixty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women is to be held at the UN in New York from 9 to 20 March 2020.
22 Dec 2019
Philippines
Massacre Convictions a Decade on
Sentences passed on those responsible for murdering 58 people, including 32 journalists, have been welcomed.
19 Dec 2019
Philippines
Justice for Ampatuan massacre victims
Justice for all journalist killings:
Statement as the Philippines, and the world, awaited the the verdict in the Ampatuan massacre, after 10 years of waiting.
24 Nov 2019
End Rape - Eliminate Violence against Women
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November
18 Nov 2019
Iraq
IAWRT Iraq-Kurdistan on unrest in Iraq
Media and women are being targeted in the midst of a governmet crackdown on mass demonstrations.
Our Iraq Kurdistan chapter reports that the targeting is happeneing as thousands of Iraqis demonstrate against government corruption, failing state services and a lack of job opportunities.