The Women’s Institute for Freedom of the PressNew Kurdistan Magazine “For You”
by Cherrie Yu and Kavya Padmanabhan Hanar Marouf, in Washington, DC for a few months, visted the WIFP office and told us about the exciting project that she has launched. Marouf describes the magazine as “the first English… Read More
Shirin Neshat: Facing History
Facing History will be at the Hirshhorn Museum until September 20, 2015 By Cherrie Yu Shirin Neshat was born in Qazvin, Iran in 1957. She lived in Iran until! 1975 when she left for the US to attend… Read More
WIFP’s Event – Beyond Conflict: Women in Palestine and Israel
Yaara Elazari and Abeer Shehadeh organized, moderated and presented at our event with the support of other WIFP folks including Martha Allen, Cherrie Yu, Kavya Padmanabhan, Riley Horan and Helena Leslie. Participants from New Story Leadership for the… Read More
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:
