Nadine Hoffman is the IWMF’s director of programs, responsible for managing and implementing the organization's programmatic portfolio.  Pr...

By Susanne Ramirez de Arellano Since she was a small child, Tsering Woeser dreamt of being a journalist. As she grew up, she became a writer and do...

By Lindsey Wray At age four, Vicky Ntetema would sneak out of her house in Tanzania to go to school. She was still too young to enroll. Her mother ...

By Marjorie Miller Claudia Julieta Duque knew that journalists were at risk in Colombia, of course. She had been following current affairs since sh...

By Marjorie Miller Before becoming a journalist, Alma Guillermoprieto studied dance with the great Merce Cunningham. In a post for The New Yorker ...

Women worldwide are fighting for the truth. A Tibetan poet and blogger who stares down the Chinese government; a Tanzanian freelance reporter who r...

Rabia Mehmood talks fast. Her words are filled with insight. As a reporter for the English-language TV station Express 24/7 in Lahore, Pakistan, such ...

In the article “Access to land for women vital,” Times of Zambia reporter Tiyese Sakala covers the challenges women face in regard to land...

by Marlena Chertock

A year ago, participants in the International Women’s Media Foundation’s sixth annual U.S. Leadership Institute for Women Journalists left Chicago after spending three days deeply immersed in learning how to become leaders in the media. The 20 women developed “personal action plans” for future career goals. Over the last year they have tackled these action plans and put the skills they learned to use.

The IWMF has written a letter to Iranian and United Nations authorities on behalf of Iranian journalist Jila Baniyaghoob, winner of a 2009 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award. Baniyaghoob was sentenced to one year in jail and banned from practicing journalism for 30 years by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

Her lawyer placed an appeal on June 27, arguing that Baniyaghoob has twice been found innocent of charges and should not be placed in jeopardy again.

The IWMF is calling for the dismissal of charges against Baniyaghoob and for the release of her husband, journalist Bahman Ahmadi Amoyee, who is in prison in Iran.

• Read our letter and sign the petition.

July 15, 2010 Ban Ki-moonUnited Nations Secretary GeneralUnited Nations Plaza, SA-1B15New York, NY 10017Fax. 212-963-7055Your Excellency:We are writi...

The IWMF is speaking out on behalf of Agnes Uwimana, the editor of Umurabyo, a private newspaper in Rwanda. Uwimana was arrested July 9 and chaged with defaming the president and espousing genocide. She faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted. Read more about the case and sign the IWMF's petition.

For immediate releaseJuly 13, 2010 For more information:Lindsey Wray(202) 496-1992LWray@iwmf.org Washington, D.C. -- The International Women’s Media...

Howard Buffett, founder of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, which funds the IWMF Reporting on Agriculture and Women: Africa project, talks about how ...

Reporting on Agriculture and Women: Africa project trainers visited visited Howard G. Buffett's farm in Pana, Ill., to learn about agricultural techniques and food production in the United States.