IWMF's PROGRAMS

Digital New Media Entrepreneurs

The Global Digital News Frontier grants are providing women entrepreneurs financing and professional support to launch innovative start ups.

Read about the 2012 start-ups selected to receive $20,000 each in seed money here.

Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

April 30 is the deadline for the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, named after IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner and Boston Globe correspondent who was killed in Iraq in May 2003. The 2011-2012 Neuffer Fellow was Jackee Batanda from Uganda.

Courage in Journalism Awards

Every year the IWMF honors brave women journalists who risk political persecution,injury and sometimes death in their efforts to expose corruption and champion human rights.

The 2012 Courage in Journalism Award and Lifetime Achievement Award winners will be announced May 3. They will be honored at Courage in Journalism events in New York on Oct. 24 and Los Angeles on Oct. 29.

4-Year Africa Project

With generous support from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the IWMF launched "Reporting on Agriculture and Women: Africa." The project energized the way African media cover one of the most important topics on the continent.

The IWMF helped African journalists to boost coverage of agriculture and rural development and increase women’s voices – both as journalists and as sources – in stories about agriculture

Funding HIV/AIDS Investigative Reporting

The IWMF established fellowships to train journalists in South Africa to write investigative reports on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. With support from the M*A*C AIDS Fund, these experienced journalists conducted interviews and wrote in-depth research for their publications.

Courage in Journalism Awards

Every year the International Women’s Media Foundation honors brave women journalists who risk political persecution,injury and sometimes death in their efforts to expose corruption and champion human rights.

Global Research on Women

The IWMF is working on ground-breaking research on the status of women in the media worldwide. The new study, the Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media, will measure the career progress of women in the news media and use the results to help advocate for change.

The IWMF also tracks past studies on women in the news media, and will draw from this prior work in compiling the Global Report, which will be published in 2011.

4-Year Africa Project

With generous support from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the IWMF launched "Reporting on Agriculture and Women: Africa." The project is energizing the way African media cover one of the most important topics on the continent.
The IWMF is helping African journalists to boost coverage of agriculture and rural development and increase women’s voices – both as journalists and as sources – in stories about agriculture

Funding HIV/AIDS Investigative Reporting

The IWMF is establishing 10 fellowships to train journalists in South Africa to write investigative reports on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. With support from the M*A*C AIDS Fund, these experienced journalists will conduct interviews and write in-depth research for their publications in 2011.

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