|
 |
|
|
| The International Association of Women in Radio and Television
(IAWRT),
founded in 1951, is a forum for personal contact
and professional development among women
broadcasters worldwide. We are a non-governmental organisation
(NGO) with consultative status with the
United Nations Economic and Social Council. |
|
Comprising women of many nationalities across
the broadcast spectrum, we arrange international
conferences with workshops, screenings,
lectures, training and professional
networking.
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
MEMBERS: |
Click here
for the online members' directory
|
| New
documents, including the
February e-bulletin and
chapter reports, are
available in the
members' room. |
|
|
|
 |
|
LATEST 2007 CONFERENCE
DOCUMENTS |
|
The IAWRT conference has
come and gone. Please take a
look at the press release
for a summary of what was
another successful
get-together. Also see all
the award radio and
television award winners |
|
|
|
|
|
|
IAWRT INDIA FESTIVAL CALL
FOR ENTRIES |
|
IIC
and IAWRT invite films that
explore how women filmmakers
negotiate, resist or
document political, social,
cultural, environmental,
educational or economic
issues. The 2008 festival,
themed Insights and
Aspirations, marks
International Women’s Day
(March 7). |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
WIFTI TO HELP UGANDAN
FILMMAKERS |
|
A project spearheaded by
three American and Canadian
women of Ugandan origin who
are members of Women in Film
and Television International
has been launched to help
Ugandan filmmakers. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
FEMINA FILM FESTIVAL CALL
FOR ENTRIES |
|
Please submit your film for
FEMINA International
Women's Film Festival, which
will take place during May
13-18, 2008, at the CAIXA
Cultural, in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. Only work directed
by women in 2007 and 2008. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
INAUGURAL GLOBAL GREEN
INDIGENOUS FESTIVAL SOON! |
|
The National Tribal
Environmental Council (NTEC)
and the New Mexico Tourism
Department will be staging the inaugural Global Green
Indigenous Film Festival on
April 15-18, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
WORLD FREEDOM PRIZE |
|
UNESCO invites candidates
for the UNESCO/Guillermo
Cano World Press Freedom
Prize for a “notable
contribution to the defence
and/or promotion of press
freedom in the
world, especially if this
involved risk.” |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
International Human
Rights Film Festival coming
up soon |
Check out the 6th International Human
Rights Film Festival of
Paris,
which is taking place
from 26 March
until 1 April 2008. The
deadline
for the submission of
entries was 1 October
2007. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Empower women |
|
Watch a moving video clip on
Women News Network about
global issues around human
trafficking, literacy,
discrimination, and
empowerment ... "pursue your
dreams no matter how hard
the road to success". |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Real TV channel launches
to break news monopolies |
|
REAL NEWS is independent,
with no funding from any
government. It covers issues
of our time: global warming,
media monopolies, politics,
faith, justice, human
rights, corruption, satire
and enourages fair debate. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
IAWRT member honoured by
Stanford University |
|
Zimbabwean Violet Gonda was
selected as one of 20 John
S. Knight Fellows to study
at Stanford during the
2007-08 academic year. Gonda
is an exiled producer and
presenter at "SW Radio
Africa" in London. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
All women team at UKs
blazes new trail for
Pakistan |
|
Uks was the first Civil
Society Organization in
Pakistan to launch a radio
production house in July
2003. The most noteworthy
feature of Uks Radio Project
is that an all female team
of journalists and
broadcasters runs it. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Human Rights Funders'
Directory |
|
Invaluable list of resources where you
can find funding for a wide range of media
projects. The directory also has a search mechanism
where you can "Find a Funder". |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Canadian Voices Podcast:
Listen to IAWRT's Shari
Graydon |
|
The UN cites
that children have the right
to be protected from
information that compromises
their well-being. Shari
maintains that the climate
of commercial media
advertising tramples on this
fundamental right. |
|
Click here to listen |
|
|
 |
|
HIV/AIDS Media Guide in
five languages |
|
Journalists interested in
HIV/AIDS can access a media
guide in English, French,
Tamil, Khmer and Tagalog.
The guides were launched by
the International Federation
of Journalists. Get your
copies at the link below |
|
Here |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
