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Julie Burton, President and CEO of the Women’s Media Center, received a Sheroes in Media Award from the Multicultural Media & Correspondents Association for her work in leading an organization that amplifies under-represented voices in the media and elevates their stories.
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.
Este articulo en español: El legado of Jovita Idar
The Women's Media Center announced today a special Women’s History Month event, The Legacy of Jovita Idar, celebrating the launch of WMC IDAR/E, the Women's Media Center's English/Spanish channel that spotlights the voices and impact of diverse Latinas on a range of current and emerging issues. Journalists will discuss the channel’s inspiration, and the invaluable role of Latina writers, educators, and activists. Wednesday, March 10that 3:00 p.m. ET.
Este articulo en español: El legado de Jovita Idar
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.
“Climate change affects us all. However, the lack of diversity in the policy arena and in media can obscure the disproportionate impact on women, indigenous people, and people of color. All must be at the table to address this existential threat to quality of life and the future of all humankind,” said WMC board chair Janet Dewart Bell. “Through the WMC Climate channel, we are positioning the people global warming affects the most front and center for readers.”
The Women’s Media Center today launches a new digital channel that highlights how the climate crisis affects the lives of women, indigenous people, people of color, and others whose needs and welfare tend to come last around the world.
“Janet has dedicated her career to advocating for gender and racial parity, as an author and through important media and communications positions,” said WMC co-founder Jane Fonda. “The WMC board has been well served from her years as vice chair. We are excited about her leadership as chair of the board.”
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%.
“Remember the true meaning of Juneteenth — a celebration kept alive by generations of black people.”
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 WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2019 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 22nd at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City.
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.
We must be intentional about preventing the erasure of black women’s history.
Five hundred guests attended the Women’s Media Awards on October 26 at Capitale in New York City.
MSNBC analyst and senior policy adviser to the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign Maya Harris hosted. Honorees were Hillary Rodham Clinton, Maria Hinojosa, Ashley Judd, April Ryan, María Elena Salinas, and Gail Tifford. And we celebrated the landmark 80th birthday of our co-founder Jane Fonda.
Four hundred guests attended the Women’s Media Awards on September 29 at Capitale in New York City.
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Sally Field was the host for the Women's Media Center event. Gayle King, co-anchor of "CBS This Morning” and three-time Emmy winner, gave opening remarks.