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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.

News

2012

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Christiane Amanpour Returning to CNN Worldwide Primetime in Spring

This spring Christiane Amanpour will return to CNN Worldwide and broadcast her signature program “Amanpour” in primetime around the world.

Weeknights IWMF's Amanpour will deliver world news and an interview program with the CNN International audience. The show will air weekdays at 3 p.m. and replay at 5 p.m. (ET) on CNN International.

Liza McGuirk, an award-winning producer who has more than two decades of experience in TV, will be the executive producer of Amanpour. McGuirk will be based in New York along with Amanpour.

At the same time, Amanpour will continue as global affairs anchor for ABC News. She will continue her reporting in war-torn countries for all ABC News programs, platforms and online. Last year she was the only journalist who interviewed Moammar Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak.
Human Rights Foundation Reports to UN on Violence Against Women in Pakistan
The Human Rights Foundation has submitted a legal report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women that examines Pakistan’s shortcomings in meeting its obligation to prevent violence against women.

Although Pakistan has ratified and passed legislation to eliminate violence and discrimination, women continue to be victims of honor killings, forced marriages, and rape as a form of retribution—crimes that are largely unpunished.

“Women in Pakistan are systematically deprived of the universal rights to which every human being is entitled,” said Thor Halvorssen, president of HRF.“The legislation passed in Pakistan is a hollow gesture, essentially a written commitment with little to no follow through or enforcement."
Struggle to Publish 'Shadow of Doubt' Shows Challenge of Investigative Reporting in Philippines
In Harvard’s Nieman Reports, IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner Marites Dañguilan Vitug writes about how the largest book publisher in the Philippines walked away from a book deal, after she revealed the inner workings of the nation’s Supreme Court.

“The book I wrote, ‘Shadow of Doubt: Probing the Supreme Court,’ opened a window on the Supreme  Court's inner workings. It was the first of its kind in the Philippines. The investigative reporting I did to write it revealed the ethical violations of justices and the book examined politicized appointments,” Vitug writes.

“What happened next—the story behind my book's circuitous journey to its eventual publication by a news organization—tells much not only about the way the court functions but also about Philippine society. Those unfamiliar with the Philippine judiciary might believe that the Supreme Court is the least powerful branch of government because it has no hold over the purse or the sword. Yet my experiences with my book confirm that the court wields a strong, yet quieter power derived from its mystique, a certain aura of mystery which comes out of its silence. There is power from being the least known branch of government, the least scrutinized, the least transparent. There is power from being at the top of an exclusive club, where the public has little access and is given only a rare glimpse.

“Another lesson I learned along the way is more about journalism than about the court. Neither independent publishing nor independent journalism has yet taken firm root in Philippine society. We have a free and raucous press—until powerful vested interests are endangered or hurt. Then, only a few of those roots turn out to be very strong.” Read more here.

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