Our Programs

The media is not truly free and representative without the equal voice of women.

Through our programs and grants we empower women and nonbinary journalists with the training, opportunities, and support to become leaders in the news industry. The IWMF offers journalists a wide range of opportunities to grow as media professionals, gain reporting experience, publish projects, and be recognized for remarkable work.

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IWMF does not disclose the details of Emergency Fund recipients. Read more about the IWMF Emergency Fund.

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Current Open Opportunities

The media is not truly free and representative without the equal voice of women. Through our programs and grants we empower women journalists with the training, opportunities, and support to become leaders in the news industry.

Reproductive Rights Reporting Fund

Reclaiming Futures: A Fellowship Program for Afghan Women Journalists in Exile

Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on MMIWG2T

Fund for Women Journalists

Community Spotlight

Shola Lawal

Cindy Espina

Fatima Bhojani

Kimberly Adams

Reporting

Produced by our community, supported by us. Read the groundbreaking reporting below.

| Sonia Narang

A World Champion Slam Poet Pivots To Medicine

Slam poet and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Emi Mahmoud performs at the Sziget Festival in Hungary in 2019. László Mudra/Rockstar Photographers. “Memories of my childhood live/between the rings of sand around my ankles/ and the desert…
| Jennifer Glenfield, Martha Asencio Rhine

Venezuelan Refugees Struggled to Find Healthcare in Colombia. That was Before Coronavirus.

Crowds jostle through the line to re-enter Venezuela at the border crossing, many carrying heavy packs on their shoulders with goods purchased in Colombia. Many Venezuelans cross the border to buy what they need in…
| Valeria Fernández, Karen Coates

The Young Hands That Feed Us

An estimated 524,000 children work unimaginably long hours in America’s grueling agricultural fields, and it’s all perfectly legal. It was the last day of March of 2018, the day before Easter, the season of onions.…
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Stories from the Field

Read our blog to learn about the experiences of IWMF fellows on our most recent reporting trip.

How do you find a story?

Alleen Brown interviewing Clara Luz in Guatemala. Photographer: James Rodriguez Interview with Alleen Brown, Investigative Reporter at The Intercept: How do you get started if you don’t know anything about the topic and anything about…

“We don’t tell the stories – the archives do.”

In the dimly lit corridors of Guatemala’s Historical Archive of National Police, box after box is piled high in every available corner and against almost every wall. It’s hard to fathom the scale of the…

Building trust while reporting on child marriage in Kinshasa

  The complexities of reporting on sensitive issues such as sexual violence and child marriage are enormous, and made infinitely thornier when you have a very limited time to build rapport with your subject and…
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Crediting Requirements

IWMF’s Crediting Requirements

Requisitos de reconocimiento de la IWMF

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