The International Women's Media Foundation awards are annual prizes for women journalists awarded by the

International Women's Media Foundation The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), located in Washington, D.C., is an organization working internationally to elevate the status of women in the media. The IWMF has created programs to help women in the media develop practical so ...

(IWMF) since its foundation in 1990: the Courage in Journalism Award (awarded since 1990); the Lifetime Achievement Award (awarded from 1991 to 2018); the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award (awarded since 2015); the Gwen Ifill Award (awarded since 2017); and the Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award (awarded since 2021). The 2014 award

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were on October 22 in New York, and October 29 in Los Angeles.

Courage in Journalism Award

The Courage in Journalism Award, awarded annually since 1990, recognizes women who write from dangerous areas. Since 1990, more than 130 women from 54 countries have received the award. ;1990 * Maria Jimena Duzan of Colombia * Florica Ichim of Romania * Caryle Murphy of the United States * Lilianne Pierre-Paul of Haiti ;1991 * Lyubov Kovalevskaya of Ukraine ;1992 * Catherine Gicheru of Kenya * Kemal Kurspahic, Gordana Knezevic of Bosnia-Herzegovina * Margaret Moth of New Zealand ;1993 *

Donna Ferrato Donna Ferrato (born 1949) is a photojournalist and activist known for her coverage of domestic violence and her documentation of the New York City neighborhood of Tribeca. Ferrato has worked for ''Life (magazine), Life'', ''Time (magazine), T ...

of the United States * Mirsada Sakic-Hatibovic, Arijana Saracevic of Bosnia-Herzegovina * Cecilia Valenzuela of Peru ;1994 *

Christiane Amanpour Christiane Maria Heideh AmanpourStated on ''Finding Your Roots'', 22 January 2019 (; ; born 12 January 1958) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Anchor for CNN and host of CNN International, ...

of the United States * Razia Bhatti (1944–1996) of Pakistan * Marie-Yolande Saint-Fleur of Haiti ;1995 * Chris Anyanwu of Nigeria * Horria Saihi of Algeria *

Gao Yu Gao Yu (高郁; died 929) was a chief strategist for the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Chu state. He was said to be instrumental in the consolidation of power that allowed Chu's first ruler, Ma Yin, to find the Chu state, but was lat ...

of China ;1996 * Ayse Onal of Turkey * Saida Ramadan of Sudan * Lucy Sichone of Zambia ;1997 * Bina Bektiati of Indonesia * Corinne Dufka of the United States * Maribel Gutierrez Moreno of Mexico ;1998 *

Elizabeth Neuffer Elizabeth Neuffer (June 15, 1956 – May 9, 2003) was an American journalist who specialized in covering war crimes, human rights abuses, and post-conflict societies. She died at the age of 46 in a car accident while covering the Iraq War. Career ...

(1956–2003) of the United States * Blanca Rosales Valencia of Peru * Anna Zarkova of Bulgaria ;1999 * Sharifa Akhlas of Afghanistan *

Kim Bolan Kim Rosemary Bolan (born 1959) is a Canadian journalist who has been a reporter at the ''Vancouver Sun'' since her journalism career began in 1984. She has reported on minority, women's, education, and social services issues; wars in El Salvador, ...

of Canada * Aferdita Kelmendi of Kosovo ;2000 *

Marie Colvin Marie Catherine Colvin (January 12, 1956 – February 22, 2012) was an American journalist who worked as a foreign affairs correspondent for the British newspaper ''The Sunday Times'' from 1985 until her death. She was one of the most prominent ...

(1956–2012) of the United Kingdom * Agnes Nindorera of Burundi * Zamira Sydykova of Kyrgyzstan ;2001 * Amal Abbas of Sudan * Jineth Bedoya Lima of Colombia * Carmen Gurruchaga of Spain ;2002 * Kathy Gannon of Canada * Sandra Nyaira of Zimbabwe *

Anna Politkovskaya Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russians, Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). It was her repor ...

(1958–2006) of Russia ;2003 * Anne Garrels of the United States * Tatyana Goryachova of Ukraine * Marielos Monzon of Guatemala ;2004 * Gwen Lister of Namibia * Mabel Rehnfeldt of Paraguay * Salima Tlemcani of Algeria ;2005 * Sumi Khan of Bangladesh * Anja Niedringhaus (1965–2014) of Germany * Shahla Sherkat of Iran ;2006 *

Jill Carroll Jill Carroll (born October 6, 1977) is an American former journalist who worked for news organizations such as ''The Wall Street Journal'', and the ''Christian Science Monitor''. On January 7, 2006 while working for the ''Monitor'', she was kidn ...

of the United States *

May Chidiac May Chidiac () (born in Beirut, Lebanon, 20 June 1963) is a journalist and former Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Development. Bio Chdiac that was born in Beirut 1963, holds a Ph.d in "Sciences de L'Information et de la Commun ...

of Lebanon ;2007 *

Lydia Cacho Lydia María Cacho Ribeiro (born 12 April 1963) is a Mexican journalist, feminist, and human rights activist. Described by Amnesty International as "perhaps Mexico's most famous investigative journalist and women's rights advocate", Cacho's repo ...

of Mexico *

Serkalem Fasil Serkalem Fasil (Amharic: ሰርካለም ፋሲል; born c. 1978) is an Ethiopian journalist and former co-publisher of the newspapers '' Asqual'', '' Menilik'', and '' Satenaw''. Career In 1997, Fasil began her journalistic career at the newsp ...

of Ethiopia * McClatchy's Baghdad bureau ( Shatha al Awsy, Zaineb Obeid, Huda Ahmed, Ban Adil Sarhan, Alaa Majeed, and Sahar Issa) of Iraq ;2008 * Farida Nekzad of Afghanistan * Sevgul Uludag of Cyprus * Aye Aye Win of Myanmar ;2009 * Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran *

Iryna Khalip Iryna Uladzimirawna Khalip (, ; born November 12, 1967) is a Belarusian journalist, reporter and editor in the Minsk bureau of ''Novaya Gazeta'', known for her criticism of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. For her journalistic activitie ...

of Belarus * Agnes Taile of Cameroon *

Amira Hass Amira Hass (; born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli journalist and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper ''Haaretz'' covering Palestinian affairs in Gaza and the West Bank, where she has lived for almost thirty years. Biogra ...

of Israel ;2010 * Claudia Julieta Duque of Colombia *

Vicky Ntetema Vicky Ntetema (born ) is a Tanzanian journalist known for breaking the story about the murder of persons with albinism in Tanzania. Later, she became Executive Director of Under the Same Sun (UTSS) in Tanzania. Life and career Ntetema was bo ...

of Tanzania *

Tsering Woeser Tsering Woeser (; , Han name Chéng Wénsà 程文萨; born July 21, 1966) is a Tibetan writer, activist, blogger, poet and essayist. Biography Woeser, a quarter Han Chinese and three quarters Tibetan, was born in Lhasa. Her grandfather, Chin ...

of Tibet ;2011 * Adela Navarro Bello of Mexico * Parisa Hafezi of Iran * Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Thailand ;2012 * Reeyot Alemu of Ethiopia *

Asmaa Al-Ghoul Asmaa al-Ghoul (born 17 January 1982; sometimes spelt "al Ghul") is a Palestinian journalist and secular feminist known for her outspoken criticism of "the corruption of Fatah and the terrorism of Hamas." Described by '' The New York'' Times as ...

of Palestine *

Khadija Ismayilova Khadija Rovshan qizi Ismayilova (, ; born 27 May 1976), alternatively spelled Ismailova, is an Azerbaijani investigative journalist and radio host who is currently working for the Azerbaijani service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, until re ...

of Azerbaijan ;2013 * Najiba Ayubi of Afghanistan * Nour Kelze of Syria * Bopha Phorn of Cambodia * Anne Finucane of the United States ;2014 *

Arwa Damon Arwa Damon (born September 19, 1977) is a Syrian - American journalist who was most recently a senior international correspondent for CNN, based in Istanbul. From 2003, she covered the Middle East as a freelance journalist, before joining CNN i ...

of the United States * Solange Lusiku Nsimire of the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Brankica Stanković Brankica Stanković ( sr-cyr, Бранкица Станковић; born October 1975) is a prominent Serbian investigative journalist reporting on topics of crime and political corruption in Serbia. She is the main writer of the investigative tel ...

of Serbia * Alexandra Trower of the United States ;2015 * Mwape Kumwenda of Zambia * Anna Nemtsova of Russia * Lourdes Ramirez of Honduras ;2016 * Mabel Cáceres of

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

Janine di Giovanni Janine di Giovanni is an author, journalist, and war correspondent currently serving as the Executive Director of The Reckoning Project. She is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, a non-resident Fellow at ...

of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France * Stella Paul of India ;2017 * Deborah Amos of the United States * Saniya Toiken of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

* Hadeel al-Yamani of

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

;2018 * Meridith Kohut of the United States * Nima Elbagir * Rosario Mosso Castro * Anna Babinets *

Zehra Doğan Zehra Doğan (born 14 April 1989) is a Kurds, Kurdish artist and journalist and author from Diyarbakır, Turkey. In 2017, she was sentenced to 2 years, 9 months and 22 days in prison for "terrorist propaganda" because of her news coverage, socia ...

of Turkey ;2019 * Anna Babinets of Ukraine * Anna Nimiriano of South Sudan * Liz Sly of the United Kingdom * Lucia Pineda of Nicaragua * Nastya Stanko of Ukraine ;2020 * Gulchehra Hoja of China and the United States * Jessikka Aro of Finnland * Solafa Magdy of Egypt * Yakeen Bido of Syria ;2021 * '' Khabar Lahariya'' newsroom of India *

Paola Ugaz Paola Margot Ugaz Cruz (born 1974) is a Peruvian investigative journalist, known for having uncovered cases of child sexual abuse committed by the Peruvian Catholic society Sodalitium Christianae Vitae. She is the director of . Early life and ...

* Vanessa Charlot of the United States ;2022 * Cerise Castle of the United States *

Lynsey Addario Lynsey Addario (born 1973) is an American photojournalist. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies. In 2022, she received a Courage in Journalism Award from the Internati ...

of Ukraine and the United States *

Victoria Roshchyna Victoria Volodymyrivna Roshchyna (; 6 October 1996 – 19 September 2024) was a Ukrainian journalist who reported on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Siege of Mariupol. She was a recipient of the International Women's Media Foundation's ...

of Ukraine ;2023 * María Teresa Montaño Delgado of Mexico * Women of ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

'' Reporting on Ukraine: Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anastacia Galouchka, Kamila Hrabchuk, Siobhán O'Grady, Whitney Shefte, Whitney Leaming, Heidi Levine, Louisa Loveluck, Missy Ryan,

Samantha Schmidt Samantha Schmidt (born 10 October 2001) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Early life Samanatha Schmidt was born on 10 October 2001 to Gemina Moore ...

, Loveday Morris, Kasia Strek, Joyce Koh and Miriam Berger.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded annually from 1991 to 2018. ;1991 * Marites Vitug of the Philippines ;1992 *

Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, ...

of the United States ;1993 * Nan Robertson (1926–2009) of the United States ;1994 *

Katharine Graham Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, ''The Washington Post'', from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, wh ...

(1917–2001) of the United States ;1995 *

Helen Thomas Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from th ...

(1920–2013) of United States ;1996 * Meg Greenfield (1930–1999) of United States ;1997 * Nancy Woodhull (1945–1997) of the United States ;1998 * Bonnie Angelo of the United States ;1999 * Peggy Peterman (1936–2004) of the United States ;2000 *

Flora Lewis Flora Lewis (25 July 1922 – May 26, 2002) was an American journalist. Background Lewis was born into a Jewish family in Los Angeles. Her father Benjamin Lewis was a lawyer and mother Pauline Kallin a pianist. She graduated high school at t ...

(1922–2002) of the United States ;2001 * Colleen "Koky" Dishon (1924–2004) of the United States ;2002 *

Mary McGrory Mary McGrory (August 22, 1918 – April 20, 2004) was an American journalist and columnist. She specialized in American politics, and was noted for her detailed coverage of political maneuverings. She wrote over 8,000 columns, but no books, ...

(1918–2004) of the United States ;2003 * Magdalena Ruiz of Argentina ;2004 * Belva Davis of United States ;2005 *

Molly Ivins Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, and political commentator, known for her humorous and insightful writing, which often used satire and wit to critique political fig ...

(1944–2007) of the United States ;2006 *

Elena Poniatowska Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska (), is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on ...

of Mexico ;2007 * Peta Thornycroft of Zimbabwe ;2008 * Edith Lederer of United States ;2009 *

of Israel ;2010 *

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of Mexico ;2011 *

Kate Adie Kathryn Adie (born 19 September 1945) is an English journalist. She was Chief News Correspondent for BBC News between 1989 and 2003, during which time she reported from war zones around the world. She retired from the BBC in early 2003 and ...

of the United Kingdom ;2012 *

Zubeida Mustafa Zubeida Mustafa (born 1941) is a freelance journalist from Pakistan. She became one of the first woman to work in the country's mainstream media, when she joined the Dawn newspaper in 1975. Early life Born in British India, Zubeida Mustafa mov ...

of Pakistan ;2013 * Edna Machirori of Zimbabwe ;2015 *

Linda Deutsch Linda Deutsch (September 24, 1943 – September 1, 2024) was an American journalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP) and covered court cases from 1967 until her retirement in 2014, including the high-profile trials of Charles Manson, Sir ...

of the United States ;2016 *

Diane Rehm Diane Rehm (; born Diane Aed; September 21, 1936) is an American journalist and the host of ''Diane Rehm: On My Mind'' podcast, produced at WAMU, which is licensed to American University in Washington, D.C.. She also hosts a monthly book club se ...

of the United States ;2017 *

Andrea Mitchell Andrea Mitchell (born October 30, 1946) is an American television journalist, anchor and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C. She is NBC News' chief foreign affairs & chief Washington correspondent, reporting on the 2008 presid ...

of the United States ;2018 *

Lesley Stahl Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's ''60 Minutes''. She is known for her ne ...

of the United States.

Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award

The Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, awarded annually since 2015, is named after Anja Niedringhaus, the

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (suc ...

killed in Afghanistan during the

2014 Afghan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Afghanistan on 5 April 2014, with a second round held on 14 June. Incumbent President Hamid Karzai was not eligible to run due to term limits. The registration period for presidential nominations was open from ...

. ;2015 * Heidi Levine of the United States. ;2016 * Adriane Ohanesian of the United States. ;2017 * Stephanie Sinclair . ;2018 * Andrea Bruce of the United States. ;2019 * Eloisa Lopez of the Philippines. ;2020 * Masrat Zahra of Kashmir. ;2021 * Fatima Shbair of Palestine. ;2022 * Paula Bronstein of the United States. ;2023 * Laurence Geai of France.

Gwen Ifill Award

The Gwen Ifill Award, awarded annually since 2017, is an award for U.S. women and non-binary journalists of color working in the news media. It is named in honor of the memory of

PBS Newshour ''PBS News Hour'', previously stylized as ''PBS NewsHour'', is the news division of PBS and an American daily evening news broadcasting#television, television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS Network affiliate#Member stations, member stat ...

co-anchor

Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn L. Ifill ( ; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program ...

. ;2017 *

Michele Norris Michele L. Norris ( ; born September 7, 1961) is an American journalist. From 2019 to 2024 Norris was an opinion columnist with ''The Washington Post''. She co-hosted National Public Radio's evening news program ''All Things Considered'' from 20 ...

. ;2018 * Karen Toulon. ;2019 *

Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Sheri Hannah-Jones (born April 9, 1976) is an American investigative journalist known for her coverage of civil rights in the United States. She joined ''The New York Times'' as a staff writer in April 2015, was awarded a MacArthur Fellow ...

. ;2020 * Yamiche Alcindor. ;2021 * Sisi Wei. ;2022 * Mc Nelly Torres. ;2023 * Karen Grigsby Bates.

Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award

The Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award has been awarded annually since 2021. It "brings attention to women journalists who are detained, jailed or imprisoned". It is named after the American philanthropist

Wallis Annenberg Wallis Huberta Annenberg (born July 15, 1939) is an American philanthropist and heiress. Annenberg serves as president and chairwoman of the Board of The Annenberg Foundation, a multibillion-dollar philanthropic organization in the United States ...

. ;2021 * Katsiaryna Andreyeva of Belarus. *

Darya Chultsova Darya Chultsova ( Belarusian: Дар’я Дзмітрыеўна Чульцова, Russian: Дарья Дмитриевна Чульцова) (born on 20 February 1997, in Shklow, Mogilev Region, Belarus) is a journalist from Belarus. She worked ...

of Belarus. ;2022 * Xueqin (Sophia) Huang of China. ;2023 * Yalda Moaiery of Iran.

References

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