Invitation – “Beyond Conflict: Women in Palestine and Israel”

Join us July 17 at WIFP! The event is organized and moderated by WIFP’s Yaara Elazari and Abeer Shehadeh, with the support of Martha Allen, Kavya Padmanabhan, Cherrie Yu, Riley Horan and Helena Leslie.  

WIFP Voices from Israel-Palestine

  Yaara and Abeer are currently participating in New Story Leadership program of 2015, which selects young emerging Israeli and Palestinian leaders and trains them into a team ready to help build a better future for their two… Read More

Working With Women’s Rights Activists in Beijing 

By Cherrie Yu, WIFP In the summer of 2014, after my freshman year at William and Mary, I returned to China for the first time since I went to college. I spent two weeks at home and then… Read More

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Book Talk & Award Presentation: Photos

Thanks to all the wonderful participants, to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz for the stimulating presentation, to Alethea Russell for presenting WIFP’s “Women and Media Award” and to Delma M. Webb for these great photos!

An evening with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Friday, May 29 at 7:30 pm Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part-Indian mother. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than four decades and is… Read More

Photos: Women’s Words Now: Resistance, Reflection, Remembrance

Photos from WIFP’s April 26 event “Women’s Words Now: Resistance, Reflection, Remembrance.” By WIFP photographer Alethea Russell Photos by WIFP photographer Delma M. Webb:

Women’s Words Now: Resistance, Reflection, Remembrance

Invitation to WIFP’s April 26 event:    

Billie Holiday Film Premiere – A Few Event Photos

Join us at Being Billie Premiere Screening

The Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press is co-sponsoring the Premiere Screening of Being Billie in Washington, DC. We hope you can join us, Sunday, April 5 at the Josephine Butler Parks Center in DC. Tickets are… Read More

1 For 7 Billion: Find the best UN leader

The UN Secretary-General is responsible for ensuring that the UN is capable of solving the world’s most significant and complex problems. It is time for reform of how the UN Secretary-General is chosen. Currently the Secretary-General is chosen… Read More