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.

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

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.

Becas para especialización periodística en enfoque de género y diversidad sexual en Guatemala y El Salvador

Reporting Trips to Colombia and the U.S.-Mexico Border

Washington, DC HEFATs

Gwen Ifill Mentorship Program

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

Reporting

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

July 23, 2019 | Alexia Webster, Nina Strochlic

In Tijuana, a street studio attracts migrants and locals

Migrants on the caravan, commuters, and visitors form a backdrop to the world’s busiest land border crossing. Fabric and a few props are enough for photographer Alexia Webster to make portrait studios on sidewalks and…

July 9, 2019 | 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.…

July 12, 2018 | Ana María Rodríguez, Eulimar Núñez

When abortion is a lifeline

Laws that prohibit access to abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean often end up infringing upon a woman’s basic right to life. Victims are usually the poorest in society, as observed during a recent…

Stories from the Field

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

October 10, 2018

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…

October 3, 2018

“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…

September 10, 2018

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…