The International Association of Women in Radio & Television

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

Staying safe on assignment

A short safety tip video for women journalists

Films Make Sense of World in Turmoil

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?

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News

4 Apr 2017

Call for IAWRT Biennial hosting proposals

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.

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27 Mar 2017

Women's Participation in Politics Mapped

"It will take 50 years to reach 50-50 parity"

A unique visual tool to capture women’s participation in executive government and in parliaments around the globe.

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24 Mar 2017

IAWRT /FOKUS Scholarships for Studies

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).

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8 Mar 2017

IFJ backs rights for working women campaign

"female journalists may increasingly find themselves in the cross hairs"

The International Federation of Journalists has backed global campaigning by the international trade union movement to end violence against women and close the gender pay gap.

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6 Mar 2017

Women making news @ IAWRT

Velvet Revolution in New York

IAWRT will be screening parts of the 2017 documentary Velvet Revolution about women making news in the face of adversity, at a parallel event to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) being held in New York.

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14 Jan 2016

IAWRT India chapter head honoured

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.

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7 Dec 2015

Societies can't be inclusive while half the world’s population is silenced

The President of IAWRT, Gunilla Ivarsson, participated in high level round-table discussions at the International Development Cooperation Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday December 7^thin the lead up to the first General Assembly of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG). ESP

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4 Dec 2015

Keep doing it, keep being curious, keep looking for truth

Iphigenie Marcoux-Fortier

Montréal, Québec, Canada

The member of the month for December 2015 is Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier, who was elected to the IAWRT Board, in September. Click on the link below to read more about her story.

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26 Nov 2015

Progress in media gender parity grinds to a halt

The Global Media Monitoring Project 2015, reports little progress towards media gender parity in news in the last five years. “… the decade 2005 to 2015 has been one of stagnation” according to gender and media scholar, Margaret Gallagher. “There has been no change in women’s share of news-making roles in the traditional media (newspapers, radio, television) since 2010, and indeed almost none since 2005 [and] the new digital media (Internet and Twitter news) offer little comfort."

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19 Nov 2015

Sweden

Gender and conflict sensitive Journalism

A very practical hand book for reporting and monitoring gender sensitivity in conflict reporting has been released by Swedish women’s organisation called The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation. The compact 14 page booklet is very hands-on, providing a tool for journalists and others who want to understand conflicts in a larger context.

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16 Nov 2015

RadioAsia 2016 Conference

April, 25-27, 2016, Beijing China: Registration now open. This year's event is themed “Let us Talk Radio”. With an insatiable quest for newer, highly mobile and more immersive experiences, radio content creators and journalists are adding new dimensions to the media landscape. Radio is riding a 'Digital Wave' wooing audiences across social media platforms, providing content on multiple mobile and stationary smart devices. .

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30 Oct 2015

International dialogue on gender equality in the media

The first International Development Cooperation Meeting on Gender and Media will be be held from 7 to 10 December 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Global Alliance on Media and Gender, a partnership involving over 800 media, civil society, academic, private and governmental organizations, incuding IAWRT, will also hold its first general meeting.

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27 Oct 2015

€41,000 in grants available for investigative journalists in Europe

Money up for grabs for investigative reporters (applications from female reporters are especially welcome): CALL for ideas: Investigative journalists in Europe interested in privacy, the environment, finance or lobbying can apply for a by-subject cross-border grant with Journalismfund.eu. The application deadline is 25 November 2015.

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22 Oct 2015

Specialise in something you really enjoy

Valerie Lew

Malaysia

The member of the month for October 2015 is Valerie Lew. Click on the link below to read more about her story.

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14 Oct 2015

Afghanistan

Afghan radio station target of bomb attack.

An independent public media company in Afghanistan, the Killid Group (TKG), has been targeted in a bomb attack on one of its radio stations in the city of Jalalabad.ESP

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