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
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?
The Festival provides women of Asian origin with a platform to display their creativity in different genres. 72 films from 19 countries were screened.
Debasrita Chakraborty
A major form of infotainment raising issues of social stigma
Debasrita Chakraborty
“Radio is nostalgia”, said Ms. Basudha Banerji, Programme Executive, AIR (All India Radio) at the Radio Festival to celebrate World Radio Day 2018 at UNESCO house, New Delhi.
Sheila Katzman,IAWRT- USA Chapter President one of 22 Champion of Change for 2018.
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
Under the hashtag #TheTotalShutdown, women across South African cities protested and called for real action to bring an end to high levels of violence and femicide.
by Sara Chitambo with photos by Nicky Newman
IAWRT Afghanistan has begun work on an exciting project to profile influential women in Afghan media.
Safety training for alternative women journalists is one posible outcome as negotiatons begin on setting up new partnerships.
Our Organisation Part of Ground-breaking Feminist Theory.
Three hundred years of feminist theory and activism has been drawn together by a US based academic analysing the documentation of women’s organisations, and IAWRT is a part of this history.
IAWRT will launch its latest publication, the Philippine Community Radio Experience, and feature the first showing of IAWRT's latest global documentary. Displacement & Resilience: women live for a new day.
By Florence Nakawungu
IAWRT, India Chapter is has two exiting opportunites for members:The Directorship of the prestigious Asian Women's Film Festival, or a scholarship to support a media or research project.
Regional conference Uganda Sept 2018; scholarships awarded: high profile Gender researcher appointed.
from IAWRT President Violet Gonda
