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We’re incredibly proud to announce the winners of our 2026 Courage in Journalism Awards: Elaheh and Elnaz Mohammadi of Iran, @ByGeorgiaFort of the United States, and Nay Min Ni of Myanmar.
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The International Women’s Media Foundation breaks barriers for women and nonbinary journalists. En español: @IWMF_es
- Every day, @Yamiche carries on #GwenIfill's legacy of leadership, mentorship, and challenging expectations of how women of color should report. We're thrilled to honor this incredible, #fiercewomanjourno with our 2020 Gwen Ifill Award. iwmf.org/awards/gwen-if…
- The IWMF stands in solidarity with @RanaAyyub and condemns the #OnlineViolence against her. Rana continues to be the target of misinformation campaigns and harassment, appearing on three @OneFreePress lists of journalists under attack for pursuing the truth. #WeStandWithRana26.4 thousand tweets, most are abusive, rape and death threats, calling me a terror sympathiser. Most tweets are by the Indian right wing & Saudi nationalists who are attacking me after i posted a tweet in solidarity with Yemen and calling out the Saudis. Hello @TwitterIndia
- Today, we remember 2002 #Courage winner, Anna Politkovskaya, who investigated rapes, beatings, & murders committed by the Russian military and endured arrest and death threats as a result. In 2006 Politkovskaya was killed. She would have been 60 today. iwmf.org/community/anna…
- Meet the #BadassFemaleJournos of our 2020 #AnjasCourage Awards: winner @Masratzahra and honorable mentions @laurelchor & @NMontcourt! These photojournalists are showing us what resistance looks like worldwide – so see the world through her lens: bit.ly/Anja2020
00:00 - All voices are critical to the story. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the IWMF, we’re highlighting the women, then and now, who changed the game in the media. This October, join us and our partners to shout out our women #JournoHeroes. iwmf.org/journoheroes
GIF - Journalist @RanaAyyub has described the trolling she’s received in the past weeks as “something I have never witnessed before.” We call for an end to these intimidation tactics and stand in support of journalists covering current events in India.
- "While at times it made me shaky to have the President call me nasty or have his followers attack me, it reminded me that I come from a long line of women – like Gwen Ifill – who have stood up for themselves." Gwen Ifill Awardee @Yamiche: wapo.st/iwmf2020. #IWMFCourage
- Journalists are truth-tellers, not criminals. We condemn the recent intimidation tactics used against journalist @RanaAyyub and call for Indian authorities to cease attempts to silence journalistic voices.
- 2020 Gwen Ifill Award winner @Yamiche is the definition of a #FierceWomanJourno. This Tuesday, Dec. 1, join us for a live conversation between Yamiche and @camanpour during our #IWMFCourage Awards: courage.iwmf.org.
- .@RanaAyyub speaks out today on @BBCWorld about the online attacks and harassment she faced, solely because she is a women and a journalist. View the full interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=HodhwV…
- In today's @washingtonpost, we join our 50+ peers in @TheCAOV – along with the @wppressfreedom partnership – to call for an end to the dangerous persecution of journalist @RanaAyyub. Coalition statement: iwmf.org/2022/02/coalit…
- This year marks 30 years of honoring courageous #badassfemalejournos. Meet the 2020 #IWMFCourage winners – Yakeen Bido (@AlhasanMahar), Solafa Magdy, @JessikkaAro and @GulchehraHoja – who have persevered, despite incredible odds, to bring us the truth. bit.ly/IWMF_Courage
00:00 - Women journalists are essential workers. This October, we're celebrating our everyday #JournoHeroes – women risking their safety and wellbeing to report from the frontlines of a global pandemic and protests for racial justice. Join us: iwmf.org/journoheroes/
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