IWPR International Women's Day Journalist of the Year
Prize to honour contributors, beneficiaries and partners working in often challenging environments.
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IWPR has launched an award for outstanding journalism to recognise the work of our network of women reporters worldwide.
Submissions for the inaugural IWPR International Women's Day Journalist of the Year have come in from contributors, beneficiaries and partners in countries including Ukraine, Venezuela, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Working in often challenging environments, these women journalists face additional threats such as harassment, gender-based violence and systemic misogyny.
Their wide range of work, published in the last 12 months in a variety of languages and media, covers topics including human rights abuses, corruption and conflict reporting.
The submissions are being considered by an award panel comprised of Lady Primrose Bell, a former journalist with a long association with IWPR, Antonia Cundy, a special investigations reporter with the Financial Times and Tanya Hassan, IWPR Global Director of Development.
The winner will receive a first prize of 1,500 US dollars, with two runner-up prizes of 250 dollars each. All three will have their winning pieces published on the IWPR website and receive a certificate of award.
