For immediate releaseFebruary 25, 2010 For more information, contact:Lindsey Wray(202) 496-1992LWray@iwmf.org International Women’s Media Foundation...

The Bitter-Sweet Feelings of a Face-to-Face Meeting With BahmanFebruary 23, 2010by Jila BaniyaghoobBahman, an imprisoned journalist, has been in jail ...

IWMF Courage winner Jila Baniyaghoob's husband, Bahman Ahmadi Amoyee, was released from prison. Many other  journalists remain imprisoned in Iran.

February 18, 2010 Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali KhameneiThe Office of the Supreme LeaderIslamic Republic Street – End of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street, Tehran, ...

Judy Woodruff, a co-founder of the IWMF, talks about her role as a journalist and a board member of the IWMF. Woodruff, a PBS NewsHour anchor, is the chair of the IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards. See the MSNBC feature.

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Barbara Cochran is the Curtis B. Hurley Chair of Public Affairs Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. She is also president emeritus of bot...

The IWMF is accepting applications for the 2010-2011 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship from women journalists focusing on human rights and social justice. Application deadline is April 9.

The International Women’s Media Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010-11 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, which is open to women journalists focusing on human rights and social justice.

Named for the 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner and Boston Globe correspondent who was killed in Iraq in May 2003, the fellowship allows one woman journalist to spend an academic year in a tailored program with access to Boston-area universities as well as the Boston Globe and The New York Times.

Applications will be accepted until April 9, 2010, and the fellowship will run from September 2010 – May 2011.

• Read the press release. 
• Learn more about the fellowship. 
• Click here to apply. 

For immediate releaseFebruary 5, 2010 For more information:Lindsey Wray(202) 496-1992LWray@iwmf.org IWMF Accepting Applications for Elizabeth Neuffe...

Diane Sawyer, who began last month as anchor of ABC’s evening newscast, has already seen ratings rise by eight percent. Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

Teresa Rehman, an Indian journalist who participated in the December 2009 IWMF South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking, wrote about her experience in the program. Rehman is the principal correspondent for Tehelka Magazine in India. Read Rehman’s article.

Correspondent Julia Marsh covered the IWMF South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking for the Women’s eNews Web site. "Our real goal is to create a safe space where women from these countries could come together to address the HIV-AIDS epidemic," Leslie Wolfe, president of the Center for Women Policy Studies, told Marsh. Read the Women’s eNews article.

The 2009 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winners were featured on XM Radio Jan. 31.

Audio from "An Evening Honoring Courage in Journalism," a panel discussion held in October 2009, aired Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. EST on public radio channel 133, as well as locally in Washington, D.C., Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. EST on Federal News Radio (1500 AM). The feature was part of “This Just In!”, a series is hosted by veteran network radio correspondent Sam Litzinger. 

The program featured an edited version of the October event, which was held at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The event was presented in association with The George Washington University Global Media Institute and The National Press Club.

• Listen to the broadcast online.