NEW YORK — Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem — the iconic co-founders of The Women’s Media Center — have come together to announce those been saluted at the organization’s 21st anniversary Women’s Media Awards.
The event is scheduled for March 5 at the Tribeca Rooftop, with the awards presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media.
The Women’s Media Center’s 21st Anniversary Women’s Media Awards Honorees are:
· Margot Wallström, Sweden’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the first United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, will be honored with the WMC Robin Morgan Sisterhood is Powerful Award.
· Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, President & CEO, Knight Foundation, will be honored with the WMC Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award.
· Barbara Kopple, two-time Academy Award-winning, Emmy-winning director, producer, and activist, will be honored with the WMC Ahead of Her Time Award.
· Paola Ramos, Emmy Award-winning journalist, and author, will be honored with the WMC Carol Jenkins Award.
· Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director, Voces de la Frontera, will be honored with the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
· Julie F. Kay, Founder and CEO of Reproductive Futures, will be honored with the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
· Chandra Childers, Senior Policy and Economic Analyst with the Economic Policy Institute, will be honored with the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award.
“The Women’s Media Center’s call to action is simple: We want to see more diverse women, hear more diverse women, and read articles from more diverse women across all media platforms,” said Julie Burton, President/CEO of the WMC. “Our Women’s Media Awards honor champions for women who set the standard for what media should look like when it gives voice to the female half of the country. They are role models, history-makers, and inspiring leaders.”
The Women’s Media Awards Co-Chairs are Loreen Arbus, Donna Deitch, Kiehl Friedman Family, Mellody Hobson, Cindy Holland, Carlene C. Laughlin, Cynthia McFadden, Michelle Mercer & Bruce Golden, Pat Mitchell, Susan Pritzker, Sheryl Sandberg, Regina K. Scully, Alexandra Shiva, and Mary & Steven Swig.
