The Women’s Media Awards recognize and honor game-changers for women in media. By deciding who gets to talk, what creates the debate, who writes, and what is important enough to be visible, the media shapes our understanding of who we are and what we can be. The Women’s Media Awards shine a light on this important issue.
In addition to the Women’s Media Awards, our WMC president, Julie Burton, and program directors regularly present at conferences and events across the world.
The Women's Media Awards 2023 will be held on October 19, 2023 at 6:00 pm in New York City.
Women's Media Awards 2023 will be held on Thursday evening, October 19, at the Whitby Hotel in New York City
WMC Speech Project Director, Soraya Chemaly participated in an event organized by the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) at the U.S. Department of State spotlighting the unique challenges faced by women in the news industry across the globe, with panel discussions focused on women journalists in exile and women media professionals.
On World Press Freedom Day, the Embassy of Sweden, the International Women’s Media Foundation, and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States hosted an in-depth conversation with journalists and safety experts about the current scourge of online violence against women journalists, the effects on their mental health and steps that can be taken to protect women journalists’ digital safety. WMC Speech Project Co-Founder, Soraya Chemaly was one of four panelists.
Cristal Williams Chancellor, WMC’s Director of Communications, recently spent a week in Brazil speaking to journalists, university students and community groups about the achievements and challenges for women in U.S. media and around the globe.
Tuesday, March 28 at 4:00pm. Westfield State University
The Women's Media Awards 2022 will be held on November 17, 2022 at 6:00 pm in New York City.
WMC Women's Media Awards was held on November 17, 2022 at the Mandarin Oriental, New York City.
Two day workshop hosted by Instituto de Estudios de Género de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid to share and discuss experiences that successfully promote gender balance and diversity in media, particularly when it comes to expert sources.
Elsie Robinson was America’s most-read woman for decades, reaching 20 million people with her weekly “Listen, World!” newspaper column. And yet most of us have never heard of her. A new book about her work and impact inspired this program on women’s voices, lost and found, then and now.
Watch the first WMC Exceptional Journalism Awards recognizing outstanding journalism by diverse women storytellers which was first shown on December 16, 2021.
A recent WMC-hosted panel on the legacy of U.S. violence is a deep resource for all those covering and writing about the southern border and immigration policy.
The Women’s Media Center celebrates our Robin Morgan on her 80th birthday, with a photo album highlighting exceptional events, media appearances, podcasts, and writing for the Women’s Media Center.
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Julie Burton, President and CEO of the Women’s Media Center, has been honored as a Distinguished Alumni by the University of Utah’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, as part of their 50 year anniversary celebration.
Julie Burton, President and CEO of the Women’s Media Center, will be holding an open conversation about her work in the media center promoting women’s voices across all forms of media
Women's Media Awards 2019 will be held on October 22, 2019 at 6.0pm in New York City.
WMC Women's Media Awards will be held on October 22, 2019 at the Mandarin Oriental, New York City.
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (GBV) is a global phenomenon that comprises a spectrum of behaviors, including stalking, bullying, sexual harassment, defamation, hate speech and exploitation. In this Insights to Action, ICRW will host a panel of experts who will discuss how tech-facilitated GBV transcends digital boundaries to impact people's lives both privately and publicly, including their safety, personal relationships, civic participation and careers.
WMC Women's Media Awards are being held at the Capitale in New York City on Thursday November 1, 2018.
The Women's Media Awards 2018 will take place in New York City on November 1, 2018.
City of Buenos Aires is hosting an international seminar: Muyeres Que Hacen Ciudad. Julie Burton, President of the Women's Media Center is delivering the keynote address.
Julie Burton, President of the Women's Media Center, presented findings from the latest WMC research on the status of women and the status of women of color in media.
On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, the Freedom Forum Institute, in collaboration with the Women’s Media Center and Swanee Hunt Alternatives, will host a media briefing on the record number of women running for political office, and the intersection and impact of gender, race and politics.
The Women's Media Center and Wallace Global Fund present Netizens, an exclusive film screening and conversation with producer and director Cynthia Lowen and also featuring Soraya Chemaly, WMC Speech director, Tina Reine, primary subject in the film and commodities trader, and Jamia Wilson, author and executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press.
The Hope & Fury concert series continues on Friday, July 13th, featuring Vita and the Woolf with a spoken word performance by Neerali Patel! The event will start with a panel discussion about gender equality and misrepresentation of women in the media, between Lauren Hart, womens & LGBTQ+ rights advocate Anne Wakabayashi, WMC's Tiffany Nguyen, and Vita and the Woolf's Jennifer Pague.
The event will be on Friday, July 13th from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at La Colombe - Fishtown (1335 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA)
Cristal Williams Chancellor, Director of Communications for the Women's Media Center, will participate in a panel on Gender Equity in the Media and Entertainment Industry at the T. Howard Foundation (THF) Summer Intern Orientation. The panel will discuss how the media and entertainment industry continues to struggle with issues of gender inequity. This session is scheduled for Tuesday, June 5th at 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring, MD.
WMC Speech Project Director, Soraya Chemaly will participate in a panel discussing the challenges that come with today’s fast paced news cycle and how we can all be more active media consumers.
Leaders from across the country will meet mid-May in DC to discuss domestic policy that disproportionately affects women and marginalized groups as well as solutions that are inclusive and non-discriminatory. Lectures, Panels, and Workshops will be conducted to address a wide range of women’s issues and how to move forward to accomplish important policy goals.
Panelist: WMC Speech Project Director - Soraya Chemaly
Cristal Williams Chancellor, Director of Communications for the Women's Media Center will react to the findings of the "Woodhull Study Revisited: Nurses' Representation in Health News Media" conducted by The Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at the George Washington University School of Nursing, in collaboration with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, who replicated the original 1997 study to determine if any progress has been made.
Julie Burton, President of the Women's Media Center, is being honored as one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century by Women's eNews.
Uniting smart, passionate women from across the country and abroad, Georgetown's Women's Forum will provide an opportunity to share experiences, ideas and expertise. The Women's Forum 2018 will serve as a true recognition of women's progress, as well as a vision for what we hope the next generation will achieve.
Featuring WMC Speech Project Director - Soraya Chemaly
Soraya Chemaly, Director of WMC Speech Project, opens the launch event of the University of Penn Center for Media at Risk with a key note speech on 'Who defines risk and why does it matter?'
Co-sponsored by the Women's Media Center, The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University’s School of Communication, Architecture + the Arts will hold its third annual national conference, “Women in Communication: Moving Ahead,” on April 5, 2018, at the Wolfe University Center at FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus.
WMC Speech Project Director, Soraya Chemaly, joins a panel to discuss artist Georgia Saxelby’s installation at The Phillips Collection, To Future Women, which asks visitors to write letters to women in the year 2037, 20 years after the historic Women’s March. These letters will be archived at the Phillips and re-exhibited in 2037. Guided by these letters, panelists will explore the various ways we can achieve change, including the progress we’ve made, what still needs work, and what we can do today to reach equality.
A conversation with gender parity champions across sectors and issue areas exploring how key stakeholders can use tools to implement solutions to accelerate gender parity in leadership around the globe.
Curated by pioneering feminist writers and activists, and Women's Media Center co-founders, Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan, the fourth annual Festival Albertine will take place from November 1st through 5th, 2017 and offers an opportunity to realize a vital exchange of ideas between leading francophone and U.S.-based thinkers and artists.
WMC Women Under Siege director, Lauren Wolfe moderated the panel: 'Making the invisible visible'
Raising Your Voice: Increasing Your Civic Impact And Public Presence - a panel discussion moderated by Payton Iheme with Kate McCarthy, Bettina Elias Siegel, Clare Bresnahan
An interview moderated by WMC Women Under Siege Director Lauren Wolfe. Panelists are journalists Deborah Campbell and Oscar Martinez. At Brooklyn Law School Moot Courtroom, 250 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, NY. At 2 p.m.
Although black women have made numerous strides in network news and in top news markets both in front of the camera and behind, there is still much work to do. This panel discussed the latest research on black women in television news.
This seminar series challenges gendered media misrepresentations of women professionals and leaders. The media is a powerful player in the promotion or otherwise of gender equality worldwide and media representations of women have great impact on how women are viewed and view themselves.
A panel discussion at the National Press Club about women in journalism and women as sources in journalism moderated by Angela Greiling Keane of Bloomberg. Panelists: Kate McCarthy, Director of WMC SheSource; Maria Teresa Kumar, MSNBC contributor and President of Voto Latino; Christi Parsons, LA Times.
Austin, Texas