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"The courage of these women cuts through silence and fear. Journalism like theirs doesn’t just inform — it defends democracy." – Elisa Lees Muñoz, IWMF Executive Director. Read more in @teenvogue's feature on our #IWMFCourage awards: https://t.co/gGw0IMkoIL
This #WorldPressFreedomDay, we're joining our @OneFreePress Coalition partners to bring global attention to the urgent cases of imprisoned journalists.
This includes #IWMFCourage winner & Burmese documentarian #ShinDaewe, who is serving a life sentence. https://t.co/01hugxs73Q
We will never stop demanding the truth about what happened to #IWMFCourage winner Victoria Roshchyna. Thank you to @RSF_en for this revealing investigation into her final, brutal months in detention. https://t.co/MAI7n1rR7W
For 36 years, our #IWMFCourage Awards have honored the most intrepid women in journalism who report on taboo topics, work in hostile environments, and share difficult truths. Nominations for our 2025 awards are open through March 30: https://t.co/dxdNvA9uzW.
Celebrating the IWMF's 35th anniversary by honoring 35 women leaders in media! Today, we shine a spotlight on @akoto_oa of @CapitalBNews, @cindi_leive of @themeteor, and @AmandaWills of @WSJ. Their inspiring journeys are reshaping journalism! #IWMFCourage
In celebration of the IWMF's 35th anniversary, we're honoring 35 women media leaders ahead of our #IWMFCourage Awards! Today, we spotlight @mateagold & @Krissah30 from @washingtonpost
Join us live at our NYC Courage Awards on October 9! Learn more at https://t.co/xlhDnbqemw.
Last night in LA, we celebrated the 35th annual #IWMFCourage Awards, hosted by @CharmDeGrate, @Willow_Bay & Gelila Puck.
We honored 2024 awardees @laurenchooljian, @MoniVelasquezV, & #ShinDaewe, & were joined by 2020 awardee @GulchehraHoja.
Join us in NYC on Oct 9!
We're on page A24 of today's @washingtonpost advocating for 2024 #IWMFCourage winner @MoniVelasquezV, who is facing extreme threats in Ecuador alongside her colleague and spouse, Andersson Boscán. Join us to demand their safety: https://t.co/hAIJyReJCG.
.@IWMF bowed to Zionist pressure & rescinded this award to Maha Hussaini who’s reported from Gaza throughout the genocide thru the bombardment & siege. Their #IWMFcourage is a shameful mockery & deserves nothing but contempt & condemnation until they reverse & publicly apologise.
We’re thrilled to announce our 2024 #IWMFCourage Awardees:
-Maha Hussaini (Palestine)
-Lauren Chooljian (United States)
-Mónica Velásquez Villacís (Ecuador)
-Shin Daewe (@Annenberg_FDN Justice for Women Journalists Award, Myanmar)
Visit https://t.co/EYv3N4UGPH for more info!
@IWMF @Annenberg_FDN Disgracefully, the @IWMF rescinded the award to the Palestinian journalist. That should tell you everything you need to know about this organization and its commitment to a free press and women's rights. No courage in #IWMFCourage
https://t.co/W3HwOdWTJK
I wouldn't have won The International Women's Media Foundation (@IWMF)'s Courage in Journalism Award 2024 this June if I hadn’t been on the ground reporting events and exposing Israeli flagrant violations under perilous conditions, all while being systematically attacked by supporters of the perpetrators.
Winning a prize for “courage” means being subjected to attacks and choosing to continue your work regardless. However, I regret to say that the very organization that recognized these perilous conditions and awarded me the prize succumbed to pressure and chose to act contrary to courage; they rescinded the award in a decision that would put my life at risk.
In fact, I’m very glad that both my winning the award and its withdrawal have starkly demonstrated the systematic physical and moral attacks Palestinian journalists endure throughout their careers. These threats and character assassinations aim only to silence us and perpetuate the longstanding bias in global media. I have never worked to receive awards, nor have I ever submitted an application to nominate myself. I didn't choose journalism as a profession; I became a journalist after recognizing the extent to which the world overlooks Palestinians’ suffering and opts to conform to Israeli pressures.
Every year, Palestinian journalists are recognized with international awards for their brave reporting under the Israeli occupation and relentless attacks. These accolades honor their courage and dedication to uncovering the truth.
However, each announcement of an award to a Palestinian journalist is systematically followed by extensive smearing campaigns and intense pressure on the awarding organizations from supporters of the Israeli occupation and the Zionist lobby. While some organizations uphold their principles and maintain their decision to honor these journalists, others, regrettably, cave to the pressure and withdraw the prizes.
Instead of recognizing the threats they face and contributing to their protection, a decision to withdraw a prize from a Palestinian journalist in Gaza—where over 150 journalists have been killed by the ongoing Israeli genocide—can further endanger them and increase their risk of targeting.
I have no regrets about any posts or reasons that led to the rescinding of this award, and I will not stop expressing my views. Before being a journalist, I am a Palestinian living under military occupation, a strangling blockade, and genocide in Gaza.
My grandparents were expelled from Jerusalem upon the creation of the state of Israel, and I have been expelled from my home in Gaza during this genocide.
If winning a prize entails enduring and witnessing war crimes while remaining silent, I am not honored to receive any prizes. I will always be objective in my reporting, but I can never be neutral; I will always point out the perpetrators and stand in solidarity with the victims. This is what journalism is truly about.
Sophia Huang Xueqin, a pioneering #MeToo activist & 2021 #IWMFCourage winner, was forcibly disappeared for exposing sexual harassment by Chinese officials. Reporting isn't a crime. We demand Sophia's immediate release & that all charges are dropped.
https://t.co/YpIYJQ4lbh
@IWMF We’re thrilled to announce our 2024 #IWMFCourage Awardees:
-Maha Hussaini (Palestine)
-Lauren Chooljian (United States)
-Mónica Velásquez Villacís (Ecuador)
-Shin Daewe (@Annenberg_FDN Justice for Women Journalists Award, Myanmar)
We’re thrilled to announce our 2024 #IWMFCourage Awardees:
-Maha Hussaini (Palestine)
-Lauren Chooljian (United States)
-Mónica Velásquez Villacís (Ecuador)
-Shin Daewe (@Annenberg_FDN Justice for Women Journalists Award, Myanmar)
Visit https://t.co/EYv3N4UGPH for more info!
📣 Los Angeles: We're heading your way! Join us at
@UTAFoundation on June 12 for the 2024 Gwen Ifill Awards, honoring @tasneemraja & featuring a conversation with Gwen Ifill Mentee – and 2022 #IWMFCourage winner – @cerisecastle. RSVP by June 7 at https://t.co/zlslVLdDnn!
📣 Los Angeles: We're heading your way! Join us at @UTAFoundation on June 12 for the 2024 Gwen Ifill Awards, honoring @tasneemraja & featuring a conversation with Gwen Ifill Mentee – and 2022 #IWMFCourage winner – @cerisecastle. RSVP by June 7 at https://t.co/zlslVLd5xP!
🚨 Highlighting #IWMFCourage awardee Victoria Roshchyna on #WorldPressFreedomDay in our “10 Most Urgent” list with @pressfreedom. The Ukrainian journalist was abducted by Russian forces in Aug 2023; her whereabouts are unknown. #JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom
🚨 On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we honor #IWMFCourage honoree Shireen Abu Akleh in our “10 Most Urgent” list with @pressfreedom. The Palestinian American journalist was killed in the West Bank in May 2022. Multiple investigations indicate that the shot came from an IDF member.
Help @IWMF honor #FierceWomenJournos from around the world: Nominations are open for the #IWMFCourage Awards, which recognize women journalists who have overcome the odds to bring truth to light.
Submit a nomination by March 3. https://t.co/eK0QvQ7NSB
We are outraged to learn that 2002 #IWMFCourage Award winner Anna Politkovskaya’s murderer has been pardoned. This unjust blow to #pressfreedom reinforces Russia’s dedication to impunity for crimes against journalists.
Thank you to @JoeNBC and @morningmika for featuring our #IWMFCourage Awardees @siobhan_ogrady (of @washingtonpost Women Reporting on Ukraine) and @yaldamoayeri, as well as Exec Director Elisa Lees Muñoz, on @Morning_Joe today.
Take a watch! https://t.co/w4mLpi88Id
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