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. Qudsia Mahtab Mehmood from Islamabad, Pakistan writes the recent elections held in Pakistan on 25 July, 2018 brought many challenges for women journalists attempting to report fairly about the elections.
Community Media for Disasters Event
The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will begin at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on March 11, 2019. IAWRT is planning a parallel event.
“Ampatuan massacre ninth commemoration has become excruciating”
58 people, 32 of whom were journalists, were killed nine years ago and the Director of the National Union of Journalists - Philippines and IAWRT Philippines member Kath Cortez has lamented the lack of justice over the murders.
Filipino journalist Inday Espina-Varona has received a Reporters without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Award for Independence, at a ceremony in London.
Amplifying the People’s Voices
Amplifying the People’s Voices: The Philippine Community Radio Experience and Challenges, was launched in 2018 and is now available for download.
IAWRT Afghanistan officially starts operation with a launch in Kabul.
Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Culture and Information joined an early morning gathering in Kabul’s Green Zone to help officially kick off the chapter.
By Sultan Mahmood Mobarez
Making women safe to do the best stories covering gender-based violence - Norway.
Examining the extent and scope of sexual harassment in Cameroonian newsrooms
Strategies for achieving gender equality in Iraq-Kurdistan media organizations
Digital safety of journalists in Kenya
Workplace strategies for women in South African film
#Metoo Nepal for media students & improving women's representation on media
Uganda creating a pool of Gender Mainstreaming Ambassadors.
Sexual harassment prevention in the Indian film industry
Community Media for Disasters Event
The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will begin at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on March 11, 2019. IAWRT is planning a parallel event.
“Ampatuan massacre ninth commemoration has become excruciating”
58 people, 32 of whom were journalists, were killed nine years ago and the Director of the National Union of Journalists - Philippines and IAWRT Philippines member Kath Cortez has lamented the lack of justice over the murders.
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq – Kurdistan
Radio Nawa
editor, journalist, administrative officer
Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) 2018 conference, Hobart, December 3-5.
The 15th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival will be held from 5th – 7th March, 2019. in New Delhi.
Filipino journalist Inday Espina-Varona has received a Reporters without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Award for Independence, at a ceremony in London.
Increasingly, risky or dangerous reporting environments for women are not restricted to war zones and sites of civil conflict. It is now well documented that female journalists face far more threats and harassment in the digital or online environment than their male colleagues.
