Carla Hay

As WMC marks its 20th anniversary, presenters and awardees urge people to keep fighting against backlash and to find strength in community.

The films, released during the 2024 election campaign, take very different approaches to explore the consequences of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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.

Here is what some female creatives had to say about their Emmy-nominated work for the major categories in the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be held on Sunday.

The recent wave of women-directed documentaries have been drawing impressive viewership numbers and raising awareness.

Here is what some female filmmakers had to say about their Oscar-nominated work for the major categories in the 2024 Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday.

Foster, Reis, and show runner Issa López shared their thoughts on the critically acclaimed season, which marks Foster’s return to series television.

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 blockbuster film, with ticket sales of $1.4 billion worldwide, is the highest-grossing movie ever directed solely by a woman.

Women who are starring in TV series are taking more creative control in their shows.

Two major reports on women’s participation in behind-the-camera jobs shows little progress over many years, as the percentage of women in these principal creative positions still has not topped 25%.

A documentary and a dramatic film give a chilling portrait of the crushing impact of abortion bans — and of the courageous women who provided abortion care in pre-Roe Illinois.

More Black women than ever before are becoming showrunners, controlling the narrative and giving valuable opportunities to other Black women for behind-the-scenes jobs.

While still a minority of those whose movies are selected to represent their nations in the category, women filmmakers often offer a distinct, female-centered point of view.

For the film, which won major accolades at Sundance, writer/director Siân Heder cast deaf actors in the roles of deaf characters and ensured the participation of deaf people in other aspects of the production.

Well known for their work on screen, actresses including Halle Berry, Robin Wright, and Taraji P. Henson are now directing feature films.

In an extraordinary year in the film industry, more women of color directors have made an impact than ever before.

The new documentary spotlights women’s leadership in fighting the abuse of power in the use of computer technology.

In the new season of television, women from a variety of backgrounds, many using nontraditional career paths, have become first-time showrunners.

The docuseries, And She Could Be Next, shows that women of color are “changing what the face of leadership looks like” in the United States.

“On the Record” focuses on empowering Black women in the #MeToo movement.

More documentary films by and about women are getting awards recognition and finding sizeable audiences. Here is a list of docs, released over the last year, that are available for streaming.

In the powerful new film "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," a teenager has to cross state lines to seek abortion care.

Weinstein and Simmons accusers had an opportunity to speak out at a festival panel and react to Weinstein's conviction.

Although several major film festivals have pledged to have equal representation for female directors by 2020, progress has been slow. Here is our year-end follow-up to our midyear report on how they are doing.

Showcases at New York Comic Con, an annual event for pop culture fans, indicate that the future is getting brighter for on-camera female representation in superhero/sci-fi films and TV. Behind the camera, progress has been much slower.

Separate lawsuits against Charter Communications allege that the company’s Spectrum News NY1 cable channel discriminates against female reporters and anchors who are over the age of 40. The case sheds light on treatment of older women in the field of television news.

In the increasingly competitive world of YouTube, few women are among the top earners — and the problem seems to be getting worse.

Film festivals are being held more accountable for not showing enough work by female directors. Here’s how some of the major festivals are doing since the 5050x2020 pledge.