RPS works with the International Women's Media Foundation in Mexico and Kenya

Posted: 29/04/2016

29 April 2016 - RPS Partnership

RPS is supporting the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation) with its new "Latin America Reporting Initiative".

Contact us for travel to Mexico and South America and for support and training on [email protected].

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The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) selected 12 journalists from six countries as the first fellows for Adelante, the IWMF’s Latin America Reporting Initiative. A group of six women journalists reported on themes of economic development and the human impact of migration from the Mexico-U.S. border. Concurrently, six women journalists covered stories about rural and economic development from Colombia thoroughout April.

All fellows met in Mexico and RPS assisted IWMF to run security and first aid training before they departed on their respective reporting trips. This is the first time that this type of training has been run by IWMF in Latin America. RPS taught the journalists how to save lives by training them to carry out life saving basic first aid skills. "Breathing and Bleeding" were supplemented by how to deal with severe trauma that they come across or experience whilst out reporting. Take a look at our gallery to see photos of the training.

The IWMF designed the Adelante Latin America Reporting Initiative  to support journalists interested in pursuing in depth stories on themes including democracy and governance, immigration, agricultural development, economic opportunity, expanded technology access, women’s rights and development, education, and conservation.

The programme was launched in November 2015, building on the success of the IWMF African Great Lakes Reporting Initiative. To date, 67 journalists have covered a wide range of under-reported stories from the African Great Lakes region. Their work has been produced and published by leading media outlets around the world.

Over the next five years, the IWMF will lead reporting trips for women journalists to Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Mexico-U.S. border. By 2020, more than 270 journalists will have participated, creating new media narratives about the region. 

RPS Partnership is proud to support this project and will be working on their next project in Kenya. 

Contact us on [email protected] for more information and for travel advice to Africa and South Amercia.

Photos: RPS Partnership in Mexico 

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