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.

Our 2007 Courage in Journalism awardees are:

• Lydia Cacho, Mexico
• Serkalem Fasil , Ethiopia
  
  
• McClatchy Bagdad Bureau
  Huda Ahmed, Shatha al Awsy,
  Sahar Issa, Alaa Majeed,
  Zaineb Obeid and Ban Adil Sarhan, Iraq

Peta Thornycroft of Zimbabwe is our 2007 Lifetime Achievement awardee.

This year’s awards were presented at ceremonies in New York on October 23 and in Los Angeles on October 30.