Jackee Budesta Batanda is a Ugandan journalist who has reported on the vicious acid attacks of women as “revenge crimes” and the targeted murders of albinos.  Amid a brutal crackdown on journalists covering anti-government protests, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has denounced local and international media outlets as "enemies." In this atmosphere, Batanda became determined to report and research “closing media spaces in African nations” during the fellowship.  Batanda, 31, a reporter for the Global Press Institute, plans to create a reporting skills workshop for Ugandan journalists after her seven-month fellowship. 

A four-year, $2.5 million IWMF program has transformed the reporting of agriculture and rural development in Africa and given voice to rural women far...

Powerful women media executives overseeing some of the world’s biggest news organizations are gathering in Washington, D.C., March 22-25, 2011, to examine the status of women in the media.

By the time they leave the International Conference of Women Media Leaders, nearly 80 delegates will have signed off on a plan to level the playing field in newsrooms around the globe. The International Women’s Media Foundation and George Washington University’s Global Media Institute are partnering on the conference.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Shining the spotlight on women in the news business, the International Women’s Media Foundation and The George Washington University Global Media Institute are partnering on a groundbreaking conference March 22-25, 2011, bringing together top women media executives from around the world to discuss remaining gender barriers and craft a plan for the future.

The first-ever comprehensive global report on the status of women in the news media will be released, analyzing research data from 500 print and broadcast companies in 59 countries. The IWMF commissioned the two-year study – the first detailed research that closely examines the challenges facing women news professionals everywhere.

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At IWMF's Reporting on Agriculture and Women program, Christine Lanyero and Assa Sakiliba talk at a meeting in Mali. A four-year IWMF project to t...

For immediate release February 15, 2011 Nadine Hoffman    (202) 496-1992 nhoffman@iwmf.org Winners of Global Digital News ...

Matthew Winkler is editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, the global news service he founded with Michael Bloomberg in 1990 when he joined the then eight-...

Hu Shuli is considered one of the most powerful media leaders in China and one of ten women to watch in Asia. Shuli founded Caijing Magazine and guide...

Nadia Bilbassy-Charters is well known reporter in the Arab world. She has been working as a foreign correspondent for over 20 years. She was the first...

For immediate release December 1, 2010 For more information: Nadine Hoffman    (202) 496-1992 nhoffman@iwmf.org International Women&r...

Jila Baniyaghoob’s sentence of one year in prison and a 30-year ban on working as a journalist has recently been confirmed at the Tehran Provinc...

Washington, D.C., November 2, 2010 -- 2010 Courage in Journalism Award winner Tsering Woeser has posted an urgent post to her blog asking readers to ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank IWMF for giving me the Courage in Journalism Award. Since Chinese authorities refused to issue me a pas...