Our Programs

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

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

Rwanda Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda Guatemala Honduras Central African Republic El Salvador Tanzania South Sudan Mexico Colombia

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

Sri Lanka Saudi Arabia United States Fiji Chile India Mexico Syria Myanmar Argentina Kashmir Japan Cuba El Salvador Senegal Colombia Turkey
Democratic Republic of the Congo Philippines South Africa Mali Uganda Zambia Ghana United States Afghanistan Botswana Kenya Malawi Nigeria Burkina Faso Romania Senegal Chile Czech Republic Poland Russia Zimbabwe Hungary Czechoslovakia

Open Opportunities

The IWMF offers female journalists a wide range of opportunities to grow as media professionals, gain reporting experience, publish projects, and be recognized for remarkable work.

African Great Lakes Reporting Initiative

Adelante

Reporting Grants for Women's Stories

Programs

Emergency Fund

Assisting women journalists in urgent need of asylum, legal assistance, emergency relocation, or medical aid.

Kim Wall Memorial Fund

Adelante Reporting Iniative

Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship

Fund for Women Journalists

Community Spotlight

Audrey Jiajia Li

Abigail Higgins

Kimberly Adams

Alejandra Sanchez Inzuza

Stories from the Field

| Clare Fieseler

The women behind your supermarket’s sustainable food

Women work in a tilapia processing plant. (photos by Clare Fieseler for The Lily) A small fish native to Nile River is now served daily around the world. A drone shot of Lago de Yojoa,…
| Adrienne Surprenant, Julia Steers

U.N.-Funded Peacekeepers in CAR are Accused of Murder and Rape

BANGUI, Central African Republic – It was just after sunset when 9-year-old Aabirah went to get water from a well near her home. Her neighborhood in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, was…
| Valeria Fernández

An American family finds their way in Mexico after deportation

Katerina Barron speaks with her mother Lucy Karrys at lunchtime in a local restaurant as her children Adero and Sedona play. Her family moved to Mexico in June 2017 after her husband was deported. Credit: Valeria…
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