Marie Colvin has fearlessly reported from behind the front lines of nearly every violent conflict in the world in the last 15 years. In 2000, she brought readers of The Sunday Times closer to conflicts in Kosovo, East Timor and Chechnya.

2006 U.S. Leadership Institute

2008 Former Soviet Republics Leadership Institute

Leadership Institute: Mali 2010

2009 U.S. Leadership Institute

2008 U.S. Leadership Institute

2007 U.S. Leadership Institute

2006 U.S. Leadership Institute

2008 Former Soviet Republics Leadership Institute

2009 Courage in Journalism Awards in New York

2009 Courage in Journalism Awards in Los Angeles

Panel Discussion with the 2009 Courage in Journalism Award Winners

2008 Courage in Journalism Awards in New York

2008 Courage in Journalism Awards in Los Angeles

Panel Discussion with the 2008 Courage in Journalism Award Winners

2007 Courage in Journalism Awards in New York

2007 Courage in Journalism Awards in Los Angeles

Panel Discussion with the 2007 Courage in Journalism Award Winners

2006 Courage in Journalism Awards in New York

2006 Courage in Journalism Awards in Los Angeles

Panel Discussion with the 2006 Courage in Journalism Award Winners

Following is an alphabetical listing of links to websites that might interest women in the media. Included are professional associations, journalism sites, media resources, nonprofit organizations and more.

The African Women's Media Center (AWMC) is pleased to issue this Resource Directory for African Women Journalists. As the only comprehensive guide of its kind, this directory lists a host of resources critical to women seeking to strengthen their skills as journalists and to enhance their professional standing within the media.

Women Meeting the Challenge: A Handbook for Media Leadership is filled with practical solutions to the barriers that hold women back from reaching their leadership potential.

While this book is for women, about women and by women, it also is a tool that should be shared with everyone in the newsroom. It is a means by which to change the leadership roles of women in their media houses.

Get the latest information about HIV/AIDS in Africa. The AWMC's Reporting on HIV/AIDS: A Resource Guide includes information on international organizations, U.S. government agencies, African-based healthcare and advocacy organizations and Internet forums concerned with the disease.

The statistics are well known – and devastating. According to figures from UNAIDS for the end of 2003, sub-Saharan Africa accounts for about 70 percent of the world’s HIV/AIDS infection, 25 million of the 37.8 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. African girls and women are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection. Women are about half of all people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, but in sub-Saharan Africa women are 58 percent of the people living with HIV/AIDS. Young women aged 15 to 24 were 2.5 times more likely to be infected than young men.

IWMF Leadership Institutes empower women in the news media to be successful in their careers. Leadership Institute programs take different forms in different countries. But their goal is to provide the training and the network for women who want to move up the career ladder.
See a brochure about our leadership institutes.

What is the goal of the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship? Who is eligible to apply for the fellowship? Where will the fellowship take place? How man...

Elizabeth Neuffer believed passionately that writing and reporting could bring the world together, providing justice for victims of atrocities and pricking the conscience of powerful decision-makers.

Full-time, part-time or freelance journalists working on human rights or social justice issues are eligible for the IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship....

Ethiopian journalist and former publisher Serkalem Fasil was arrested in November 2005 and charged with treason and outrages against the constitution, charges that carry terms of life imprisonment or the death penalty. Her arrest came after her newspapers published articles critical of the Ethiopian government’s conduct in the May 2005 parliamentary elections. On the day of her arrest, Fasil, who was pregnant, was severely beaten by police.

The only awards program exclusively for international women journalists, the IWMF's Courage in Journalism Awards honor women journalists who have shown extraordinary strength of character and integrity while reporting the news under dangerous or difficult circumstances. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a woman journalist who has a pioneering spirit and whose determination has paved the way for future generations of women in the media.