The International Women's Media Foundation awards are annual prizes for women journalists awarded by the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) since its foundation in 1990: the Courage in Journalism Award (awarded since 1990); the Lifetime Achievement Award (awarded from 1991 to 2018); the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award (awarded since 2015); the Gwen Ifill Award (awarded since 2017); and the Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award (awarded since 2021).
The 2014 award ceremonies were on October 22 in New York, and October 29 in Los Angeles.
Courage in Journalism Award The Courage in Journalism Award, awarded annually since 1990, recognizes women who write from dangerous areas. Since 1990, more than 130 women from 54 countries have received the award.
1990 Maria Jimena Duzan of Colombia Florica Ichim of Romania Caryle Murphy of the United States Lilianne Pierre-Paul of Haiti
1991 Lyubov Kovalevskaya of Ukraine Marites Vitug of the Philippines
1992 Catherine Gicheru of Kenya Kemal Kurspahic, Gordana Knezevic of Bosnia-Herzegovina Margaret Moth of New Zealand
1993 Donna Ferrato of the United States , Arijana Saračević Helać of Bosnia-Herzegovina of Peru
1994 Christiane Amanpour of the United States Razia Bhatti (1944–1996) of Pakistan Marie-Yolande Saint-Fleur of Haiti
1995 Chris Anyanwu of Nigeria Horria Saihi of Algeria Gao Yu of China
1996 Ayse Onal of Turkey Saida Ramadan of Sudan Lucy Sichone of Zambia
1997 Bina Bektiati of Indonesia Corinne Dufka of the United States Maribel Gutierrez Moreno of Mexico
1998 Elizabeth Neuffer (1956–2003) of the United States Blanca Rosales Valencia of Peru Anna Zarkova of Bulgaria
1999 Sharifa Akhlas of Afghanistan Kim Bolan of Canada of Kosovo
2000 Marie Colvin (1956–2012) of the United Kingdom Agnes Nindorera of Burundi Zamira Sydykova of Kyrgyzstan
2001 of Sudan Jineth Bedoya Lima of Colombia of Spain
2002 Kathy Gannon of Canada Sandra Nyaira of Zimbabwe Anna Politkovskaya (1958–2006) of Russia
2003 Anne Garrels of the United States Tatyana Goryachova of Ukraine Marielos Monzon of Guatemala
2004 Gwen Lister of Namibia Mabel Rehnfeldt of Paraguay Salima Tlemcani of Algeria
2005 Sumi Khan of Bangladesh Anja Niedringhaus (1965–2014) of Germany Shahla Sherkat of Iran
2006 Jill Carroll of the United States May Chidiac of Lebanon
2007 Lydia Cacho of Mexico Serkalem Fasil of Ethiopia McClatchy's Baghdad bureau (Shatha al Awsy, Zaineb Obeid, Huda Ahmed, Ban Adil Sarhan, Alaa Majeed, and Sahar Issa) of Iraq
2008 Farida Nekzad of Afghanistan Sevgul Uludag of Cyprus Aye Aye Win of Myanmar
2009 Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran Iryna Khalip of Belarus Agnes Taile of Cameroon
2010 Claudia Julieta Duque of Colombia Vicky Ntetema of Tanzania Tsering Woeser of Tibet
2011 Adela Navarro Bello of Mexico Parisa Hafezi of Iran Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Thailand
2012 Reeyot Alemu of Ethiopia Asmaa Al-Ghoul of Palestine Khadija Ismayilova of Azerbaijan
2013 Najiba Ayubi of Afghanistan Nour Kelze of Syria Bopha Phorn of Cambodia
2014 Arwa Damon of the United States Solange Lusiku Nsimire of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Brankica Stanković of Serbia
2015 Mwape Kumwenda of Zambia Anna Nemtsova of Russia Lourdes Ramirez of Honduras
2016 of Peru Janine di Giovanni of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France Stella Paul of India
2017 Deborah Amos of the United States Saniya Toiken of Kazakhstan Hadeel al-Yamani of Yemen
2018 Meridith Kohut of the United States Nima Elbagir of Sudan and the United Kingdom Rosario Mosso Castro of Mexico Zehra Doğan of Turkey
2019 Anna Babinets of Ukraine Anna Nimiriano of South Sudan Liz Sly of the United Kingdom Lucía Pineda Ubau of Nicaragua Anastasia Stanko of Ukraine
2020 Gulchehra Hoja of China and the United States Jessikka Aro of Finland of Egypt of Syria
2021 Khabar Lahariya of India Paola Ugaz of Peru of the United States
2022 Cerise Castle of the United States Lynsey Addario of Ukraine and the United States Victoria Roshchyna of Ukraine
2023 María Teresa Montaño Delgado of Mexico Shireen Abu Akleh of Palestine and the United States Women of The Washington Post Reporting on Ukraine: , Anastacia Galouchka, Kamila Hrabchuk, Siobhán O'Grady, Whitney Shefte, Whitney Leaming, Heidi Levine, Louisa Loveluck, Missy Ryan, Samantha Schmidt, Loveday Morris, Kasia Strek, Joyce Koh and Miriam Berger.
2024 Lauren Chooljian of the United States of Ecuador Maha Hussaini of Palestine (revoked)
2025 , operating pseudonymously from Afghanistan Juliana Dal Piva of Brazil Yousra Elbagir of Sudan and United Kingdom Maritza Lizeth Gallego Félix of the United States / Mexico
2026 Georgia Fort, United States Elaheh Mohammadi, Iran Elnaz Mohammadi, Iran Nay Min Ni (pseud.), Myanmar
Lifetime Achievement Award The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded annually from 1991 to 2018.
1992 Barbara Walters of the United States
1993 Nan Robertson (1926–2009) of the United States
1994 Katharine Graham (1917–2001) of the United States
1995 Helen Thomas (1920–2013) of United States
1996 Meg Greenfield (1930–1999) of United States
1997 Nancy Woodhull (1945–1997) of the United States
1998 Bonnie Angelo of the United States
1999 Peggy Peterman (1936–2004) of the United States
2000 Flora Lewis (1922–2002) of the United States
2001 Colleen "Koky" Dishon (1924–2004) of the United States
2002 Mary McGrory (1918–2004) of the United States
2003 Magdalena Ruiz of Argentina
2004 Belva Davis of United States
2005 Molly Ivins (1944–2007) of the United States
2006 Elena Poniatowska of Mexico
2007 Peta Thornycroft of Zimbabwe
2008 Edith Lederer of United States
2009 Amira Hass of Israel
2010 Alma Guillermoprieto of Mexico
2011 Kate Adie of the United Kingdom
2012 Zubeida Mustafa of Pakistan
2013 Edna Machirori of Zimbabwe
2015 Linda Deutsch of the United States
2016 Diane Rehm of the United States
2017 Andrea Mitchell of the United States
2018 Lesley Stahl of the United States.
Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award The Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, awarded annually since 2015, is named after Anja Niedringhaus, the photojournalist killed in Afghanistan during the 2014 Afghan presidential election.
2015 Heidi Levine of the United States Anastasia Vlasova of Ukraine (honorable mention) Rebecca Blackwell of the United States (honorable mention)
2016 Adriane Ohanesian of the United States Lynsey Addario of the United States (honorable mention) Paula Bronstein of the United States (honorable mention)
2017 Stephanie Sinclair of the United States of Greece and Poland (honorable mention) Nicole Tung of the United States and Hong Kong (honorable mention)
2018 Andrea Bruce of the United States Amber Bracken of Canada (honorable mention) Rebecca Conway of the United Kingdom (honorable mention)
2019 Eloisa Lopez of the Philippines of the United States (honorable mention) Tasneem Alsultan of Saudi Arabia and the United States (honorable mention)
2020 Masrat Zahra of Kashmir Laurel Chor of Hong Kong (honorable mention) Nahira Montcourt of Puerto Rico (honorable mention)
2021 Fatima Shbair of Palestine of Brazil (honorable mention) Kiana Hayeri of Iran and Canada (honorable mention)
2022 Paula Bronstein of the United States Farzana Wahidy of Afghanistan (honorable mention) Carol Guzy of the United States (honorable mention)
2023 Laurence Geai of France Yunghi Kim of the United States and South Korea (honorable mention) Véronique de Viguerie of France (honorable mention)
2024 Samar Abu Elouf of Palestine Anastasia Taylor-Lind of the United Kingdom and Sweden (honorable mention) of Egypt and Canada (honorable mention)
2025 of Germany Adriana Loureiro Fernández of Venezuela (honorable mention) Nicole Tung of the United States and Hong Kong (honorable mention)
Gwen Ifill Award The Gwen Ifill Award, awarded annually since 2017, is an award for U.S. women and non-binary journalists of color working in the news media. It is named in honor of the memory of PBS Newshour co-anchor Gwen Ifill.
2017 Michele Norris
2018 Karen Toulon
2019 Nikole Hannah-Jones
2020 Yamiche Alcindor
2021 Sisi Wei
2022 Mc Nelly Torres
2023 Karen Grigsby Bates
2024 Tasneem Raja
2025 Errin Haines
Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award The Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award has been awarded annually since 2021. It "brings attention to women journalists who are detained, jailed or imprisoned". It is named after the American philanthropist Wallis Annenberg.
2026 Frenchie Mae Cumpio of the Philippines 2021 Katsiaryna Andreyeva of Belarus Darya Chultsova of Belarus
2022 Xueqin (Sophia) Huang of China
2023 Yalda Moaiery of Iran
2024 Shin Daewe of Myanmar
2025 Aynur Elgunesh, Azerbaijani journalist editor-in-chief of Meydan TV
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