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WMC Women's Media Awards was held on November 17, 2022 at the Mandarin Oriental, New York City.
The board of the Women’s Media Center has unanimously elected Janet Dewart Bell as its new chair. Founding co-chair and WMC co-chair emerita Pat Mitchell nominated Bell to be the organization’s new chair; WMC co-founder Gloria Steinem seconded the nomination.
Este articulo en español: La junta directiva de WMC elige a Janet Dewart Bell como nueva presidenta La copresidenta fundadora y copresidenta emérita Pat Mitchell permanecerá en la junta
WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER Co-Founders Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, announced today that THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER will celebrate its 15th anniversary by hosting the first-ever WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER BENEFIT AUCTION. The auction will be launched on November 9th and will continue until November 15th.
The Women’s Media Center's report - WMC 2020 Investigation: Gender & Non-Acting Primetime Emmy Nominations - found that a bigger pool of nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards hasn’t made much of a difference in bringing overall gender parity to the nominations in behind-the-scenes categories: Women represented 35% of those nominations while men were 65%.
Newsroom executives need to better protect journalists from online abuse and harassment if they are to retain women and people of color in media, according to a Women’s Media Center report released today.
This year, there’s a strong chance to break the streak via Greta Gerwig, a frontrunner in the adapted screenplay category for her film “Little Women." “I think if she wins, it has great meaning,” said Pat Mitchell, the activist and former PBS president who co-chairs the D.C.-based Women’s Media Center.“And if she loses? Well, that has great meaning, too.”
The overall percentage of female Oscar nominees in non-acting categories rose by just 5 percentage points to 30 percent this year - a long way from gender parity - according to a Women’s Media Center analysis.
The visual optics of that lineup are important, said Pat Mitchell, the former president of PBS and CNN who is co-chair of the Women’s Media Center. “Stereotypes still continue about what authority looks like, what power looks like, what credibility looks like,” she said. But the sound is important too.
WMC Women Under Siege editor Frances Nguyen interviews Women's Media Center Board Co-Chair Pat Mitchell on her new book, “Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World.”
THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2019 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 22nd at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City.
WMC Women's Media Awards will be held on October 22, 2019 at the Mandarin Oriental, New York City.
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem — the Co-Founders of The Women’s Media Center — announce the honorees for the 2019 Women’s Media Awards, to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City.
Robin on Mormons by any other name, legalized child labor in Bolivia, why our galaxy is warped, and learning not to forgive. Guest: Pat Mitchell on her book, “Becoming A Dangerous Woman.”
In collaboration with BBC Media, the Women’s Media Center study shows that 55% of major sci-fi and superhero films have featured a man as the solo lead over the last decade. And, the study found, 97% of sci-fi and superhero films over the last 10 years were directed by men. In a press release emailed to Bustle, Pat Mitchell, chair of the board of directors of the Women’s Media Center, said that “it’s important that television and film provide an abundance of roles and role models for diverse girls and young women.
Women’s Media Center co-founder Gloria Steinem — journalist, author, activist, and feminist organizer — celebrates her 85th birthday today, March 25, 2019. The Women’s Media Center is commemorating this happy occasion by posting short birthday greetings from over 85 artists, journalists, activists, and many life-long friends from around the globe expressing what the women’s rights pioneer has meant to them and to the feminist movement.
Women’s Media Center co-founder Gloria Steinem — journalist, author, activist, and feminist organizer — celebrates her 85th birthday today [March 25].
The Women’s Media Center is commemorating this happy occasion by posting short birthday greetings from over 85 artists, journalists, activists, and many life-long friends from around the globe expressing what the women’s rights pioneer has meant to them and to the feminist movement. Many conjure up an experience or memory that exemplifies Steinem, or a personal insight about the impact she has had.
Four hundred guests gathered to celebrate women in media at the 2018 Women's Media Awards, held at the Capitale in New York City. Here are the pictures.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) joins the Women’s Media Center Board of Directors and will give closing remarks at WMC 2018 Women’s Media Awards on Nov. 1st in New York City.
The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER announces our host and honorees for the 2018 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS, to be held on November 1st, at Capitale in New York City.
WMC AWARDS will be presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media, including Lisa Borders, Abigail Disney, Fatima Goss Graves, Cindy Holland, Maria Teresa Kumar, and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
BBC AMERICA and WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER have entered into a strategic alliance, with the goal of expanding both the diversity and representation of women in media.
WMC Women's Media Awards are being held at the Capitale in New York City on Thursday November 1, 2018.
Fifty years after the Kerner Commission criticized the news media for not sufficiently covering race issues, a new special report shows that women of color continue to be underrepresented in U.S. newsrooms and face multiple challenges in achieving equality in hiring and promotions.
A new study finds the number of women Oscar nominees grew only slightly in Academy Awards given for non-acting categories this year — despite a concerted push by women and their allies to achieve greater representation for females in all parts of the film industry. Men represent 77 percent of the nominees for behind-the-scenes roles, according to a report by the Women’s Media Center.