Tayyibah Taylor is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Azizah, a magazine for Muslim-American women. She attended the IWMF U.S. Leadership Institute for Women Journalists in 2008.

Ms. magazine has launched a blog and is looking for bloggers to write about feminist topics. The Ms. Blog is a source of expert commentary on feminist news & culture, as well as breaking stories of feminist interest. See the blog. E-mail Michele Kort at mkort(at)msmagazine.com for more information.

Filipino journalist Marites Vitug, who won an IWMF Courage in Journalism Award in 1991, received alarming death threats recently. The IWMF is urging the government to take action to protect her.

April 9, 2010 President Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoOffice of the President Malacanang Palace The Philippines Fax: +3 2 736 1010 Dear President Macapagal...

The IWMF has held two programs to help enable women leaders from media, civil society and parliament to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Supported by the Ford Foundation, the projects were collaborative efforts among the IWMF, the Centre for Development and Population Activities and the Center for Women Policy Studies.

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Six women journalists from India, Kenya and Mexico visited the U.S. in June 2008 to participate in an initiative to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS ...

IWMF board member Lynn Povich was among a group of women who sued Newsweek magazine for gender discrimination in 1970. She wrote about the case and what it means today.

By Lynn Povich On March 29, three young women writers at Newsweek wrote a piece called “Are We There Yet?” questioning how much had changed since 46 ...

Christiane Amanpour, an IWMF board member and CNN anchor, spoke about reporting across the globe at an IWMF luncheon March 16 in New York. The luncheon was co-hosted by IWMF board member Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine.

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May Chidiac, a Lebanese journalist who won a 2006 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award, was named a winner of the International Press Institute’s Award for Press Bravery. Chidiac lost her left hand and leg in when a bomb exploded in her car. She believes the attack came as a result of her criticism of Syria’s involvement in Lebanon. Read more on the IPI Web site.

IWMF board member Raghida Dergham received the Media Pioneer award March 9 at the Nissa’ Arab World Festival in Lebanon. Dergham, a journalist at Al Hayat, was presented with her award by minister of state Mona Afeish.

Christiane Amanpour, an IWMF board member, will be the new anchor of ABC News’ This Week starting in August. Amanpour, a 1994 winner of an IWMF Courage in Journalism Award, has been a reporter and anchor for CNN for more than two decades. Read more about Amanpour’s new position.

Sandhya Srinivasan, an India journalist who participated in the IWMF’s South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking, wrote an article about the difficulties women and children in particular face when living with HIV/AIDS. Read Srinivasan ‘s article.

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is offering twenty fellowships for an all-expenses-paid seminar on "Covering the Green Economy," to be held June 28-30 in Arizona. Application deadline is April 26. Read more or apply.