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Call for applications: Women In News MENA 2018/2019

Women in News (WIN) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) are pleased to announce that the call for applications for the fourth year of the program in the Mi...

Call for applications: Women In News Africa 2018/2019

WAN-IFRA seeks high-potential media women for participation in its flagship leadership development programme. The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is pleased to invite...

Women in News MENA Director Fatemah Farag Joins WAN-IFRA Board

In June 2018 Egyptian journalist and founder of Welad El Balad Fatemah Farag was voted onto the Board and Executive Committee of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Far...

Women in News mourns the loss of Beata Kasale

Women in News (WIN) mourns the loss of Beata Kasale, owner and publisher of Botswana’s The Voice and honoured WIN Steering Committee member. Beata was a tireless champion of free and independ...

Gender Equality and WAN-IFRA: Reflecting on Estoril

by Melanie Walker The World News Media Congress has always served as a great opportunity for the industry to collectively look in the mirror, to reflect on where we are, where we’ve been and...

World Editors Forum Board condemns sexism at World News Media Congress

At last week’s World News Media Congress in Portugal, two unacceptable incidents of sexism took place on stage during the gala dinner, highlighting what women in media, and indeed society, have...

WAN-IFRA Announces 2018 Laureates of the Women in News Editorial Leadership Award

Editor from Syria and Editor from Uganda receive Award recognizing exceptional leadership in the newsroom. The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award recognises an exemplary contribution of an Ed...

WAN-IFRA hosts the Women In News Africa Summit & CEO Best Practice Share in Nairobi

Under the theme of “Reshaping Media Leadership”, the Women In News (WIN) Africa Summit & CEO Best Practice Roundtable took place from 7 to 9 May 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya.  More t...

Future Leaders Initiative holds two events in Zambia and Rwanda

Women In News (WIN) held two meetings with young women university students in Zambia and Rwanda as part of its Future Leaders Initiative.  The meetings, held on 14 and 21 April 2018 respective...

WIN at the International Journalism Festival in Italy

As part of the International Journalism Festival (IJF) in Perugia, Italy, Women In News organised a panel titled “Achieveing gender parity in the media: perspectives and experiences in Africa an...