A vibrant international network of media women or researchers, in television, film, radio and online journalism. We run media projects and a biennial conference on gender media issues that includes screenings and professional training. Click here for The History of IAWRT or IAWRT@ 60
IAWRT and partners at Commission on the Status of Women CSW62, New York, USA, 2018. "Speak to government, network, respect and recognise each other - move from words to action."
We asked members to communicate about a crucial issue in their region and what women in media can do.
Nancy Cohen-koan asks: should we as women writers load up our quiver and send that arrow of truth out faster and with more urgency than ever before?
Myanmar's neighbourins are left struggliing with hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Now they could be forced to go home.
Debasrita Chakraborty
The story of a broadcast journalist who has struggled for the inclusion of women’s voices in the media amidst military rule in Thailand
Ilang-Ilang Quijano
The 2017 Biennial Conference Report is now available
Diana Iulia Nastasia joins IAWRT board
Diana Iulia Nastasia from the IAWRT-USA chapter has joined the international board of IAWRT.
#MeToo Kenya by Florence Dallu
"As a journalist who reports frequently on gender and human rights in Africa, this movement signifies a timely and profound cultural reckoning."
By AN OPEN LETTER June 19, 2018 Shared from niemanlab.org
Members and non-members can apply for Research Postion
IAWRT has secured UNESCO funding to develop a project based on the successes of the 2014-2015 pilot Gender Mainstreaming Project (GMP).
Video Editor, Filmmaker
Digital Safety Trainer & Consultant
Nairobi, Kenya
Attacks on media women undermine the work of women journalists and is a media freedom issue.
Mumbai-based investigative freelance journalist Rana Ayyub became the subject of online threats after a parody account on Twitter in April falsely attributed a quote defending child rapists to her.
Awards ceremony to honor 30 Champions of Change including IAWRT's Sheila Dallas Kazman.
The #MeToo movement has empowered women to reveal the global extent of gender violence and harassment, but revelation in itself does not create change. "Many of us feel powerless in all this," says IAWRT South Africa Chapter head Makganwana Mokgalong.
So IAWRT - South African chapter supported a young woman's birthday initiative as part of its contribution to the #MeToo movement. This poetic sharing is Mantedieng Mamabolo's #MeToo.
Applications are open for the 2018 IAWRT/FOKUS Scholarships for Studies or Training. Deadline is 13 May 2018.