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 Mexico Mexico-U.S. Border El Salvador Uganda Guatemala Honduras Central African Republic Tanzania South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo Colombia

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

Afghanistan Bangladesh Belgium China Colombia Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Ethiopia Iran Mexico Nigeria Pakistan Syria Turkey United Kingdom United States Yemen
Sri Lanka Indonesia Saudi Arabia United States Fiji Chile Colombia India Nigeria Syria Mexico Myanmar Argentina Kashmir Japan Cuba South Africa North Pole El Salvador Senegal 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

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.

| 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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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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