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The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media.
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem – the Co-Founders of The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER – have announced the honorees for the Women’s Media Center’s 21st Anniversary Women’s Media Awards to be held on Thursday, March 5th, at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. The WMC AWARDS are presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media.
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.”
Vicki Shabo will deliver the Women’s Media Center Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Lecture, titled “Who Cares Today? A Reflection on Where We Are As a Country With Respect to Work, Family, and Care.” The talk will premiere online on December 29, 2025, at womensmediacenter.com. The lecture will be followed by an extended conversation between Shabo and Maya Raghu about both unpaid and paid care work. Erica Gonzalez Martinez will make introductory remarks.
Transcript of Who Cares Today? A Reflection on Where We Are As a Country With Respect to Work, Family, and Care, by Vicki Shabo. Vicki, is Senior Fellow for Gender Equity, Paid Leave and Care Policy & Strategy, New America and Founder and Director of the Entertainment Initiative at New America, Re-Scripting Gender, Work, Family, and Care. This lecture is the first in the WMC Progressive Women's Voices IMPACT lecture series.
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: Geralyn White Dreyfous, S. Mitra Kalita, Imani Perry, Erica Smiley, Jessica Valenti
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem – the Co-Founders of The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER – have announced the honorees for the Women’s Media Center’s 20th Anniversary Women’s Media Awards to be held on Thursday, June 5th at the JW Marriott Essex House Hotel in New York City. The event will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Women’s Media Center.
Anushay Hossain, feminist author, podcast host and women’s advocate, will discuss the systemic sexism and racism in the American healthcare and the need for transformative change as part of a Women’s Media Center Beverly Wettenstein history lecture series this month.
Women are diverse, complicated, powerful, and resilient in the ongoing fight for gender equality and other civil rights. And in this election year, the stakes seem be to higher than ever before. That was the general consensus in speeches and conversations at the 2024 Women’s Media Center Women’s Media Awards, which were presented on September 19 at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City.
THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2024 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on September 19th at the JW Marriott Essex House Hotel in New York City.
The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2024 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: America Ferrera, Liz Rebecca Alarcón, Yamiche Alcindor, Donna Deitch, Rahna Epting, Jenice Fountain, and Chicken & Egg Pictures.
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem — the Co-Founders of The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER — announce the honorees for the 2024 Women’s Media Awards, to be held on Thursday, September 19th, at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City.
Dr. Janet Dewart Bell will present a Juneteenth Day lecture on Black women in history and their quest for freedom, justice and democracy as part of a Women’s Media Center Series.
Actor/activist Mariska Hargitay, CNN news anchor Fredricka Whitfield, IndiJ Public Media president/CEO Karen Lincoln Michel, disability rights activist/author Emily Ladau, cultural critic/English professor Koritha Mitchell, and Global Justice Center president Akila Radhakrishnan were honored as “champions for women.”
THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2023 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 19th at the Whitby Hotel in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2023 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, and Akila Radhakrishnan.
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem — the Co-Founders of The WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER — announce the honorees for the 2023 Women’s Media Awards: Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, Akila Radhakrishnan
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.
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
The Women’s Media Center launches a new digital channel publishing original stories and commentary by progressive, feminist Latinx women in both English and Spanish.
Este articulo en español: Women's Media Center Lanza “IDAR/E” Un Canal De Periodismo Latinx Feminista
THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2019 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 22nd at the Mandarin Oriental in 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.
Watch our video to see how the Women's Media Center is working to make women and girls more visible and powerful in media. Featuring graduates of the WMC Progressive Women's Voices media and leadership training.
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.