Why: Media shapes us, informs our ideas, policies and politics. It tells us who we are, and what we can be.
What: WMC works toward media equality using interconnected strategies of research, original stories and articles, promotion of women experts and media training.
The fourth in the Women's Media Center Beverly Wettenstein History Lecture Series premiered online on March 31, 2026, during Women's History Month. Delivered by Clara Bingham, the lecture "The Women's Liberation Movement: A Blueprint for Today" is inspired by her book: “The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963 - 1973".
Following her lecture, Clara Bingham engaged in conversation with Soraya Chemaly, Women's Media Center board member. Dr. Janet Dewart Bell, Chair of the Women's Media Center, made introductory remarks.
THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2026 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on March 5th at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2025 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Dr. Chandra Childers, Julie F. Kay, Margot Wallström, Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, Paola Ramos and Barbara Kopple.
The Women’s Media Center analysis of 2026 Oscar nominations finds that despite a notable increase in representation this year, women continue to make up less than one-third of nominees in non-acting categories. Even though the 21st century has seen women break through as winners in the notoriously male-dominated category of Best Director — three women have won so far in this category — this progress is not representative of significant increases for women nominated overall in non-acting categories. The total percentages for nominated women in non-acting categories continue to stall at no more than 32% every year.
WMC Board vice chair Erica González Martínez talks with Voto Latino co-founder and president María Teresa Kumar on WMC Talks, our Instagram Live series. Listen to their fascinating conversation "The Invisible Latina Narrative" here!
The 2025 WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Lecture is the first in a series highlighting the work and impact of women experts and advocates who have completed the Women’s Media Center’s Progressive Women’s Voices training. Vicki Shabo, the Senior Fellow for Gender Equity, Paid Leave and Care Policy & Strategy at New America's Better Life Labs and Founder and Director of the Lab's Entertainment Initiative, Re-Scripting Gender, Work, Family, and Care, delivered the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices lecture, titled “Who Cares Today? A Reflection on Where We Are As a Country With Respect to Work, Family, and Care.”
Women’s Media Center stands with award-winning journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. As journalists, they have a right to do their jobs reporting the news, revealing truths, and expanding the public discourse. A free press is essential to democracy and journalists have a right to tell the stories of our time without fear of politically motivated persecution.
Julie Burton
President & CEO, Women’s Media Center
