The One World Media Awards celebrate the media’s best coverage of the global south, spotlighting underreported stories that break stereotypes, change the narrative and connect people across cultures.
This year’s winners were recognised with a live event at Curzon Soho in London on 21 June 2023.
We are thrilled to present the 2023 winners in 15 award categories!
The One World Media Awards are made possible thanks to the generous support of our partners:
Catch up on the Livestream of the 35th One World Media Awards that took place on 21 June 2023 at Curzon Soho in London
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Afghanistan Civilian Casualties – Vice News
Auto Repair Shop Jump-Starts Ugandan Child Soldiers into New Lives – The Thomson Reuters Foundation
Central African Republic Child Brides – Vice News
Cubs of the Caliphate – Sky News
In Limbo: ‘Isis Children’ in Prison – Mail & Guardian
IS Fighter Orphans in Libya – BBC News
Lost Generation – Vice News
A Man Made War Paid for by Women and Children – The GroundTruth Project
The Palestinian Kids Fighting Israel’s Occupation – AJ+
South Sudan’s Child Soldiers – Sky News
The Vulnerability Contest – News Deeply
Yemen Air-Strikes: Made in America – CNN
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China’s Muslim Internment Camps – BBC News
Coding Like a Girl – Al Jazeera English
El Helicoide: The Shopping Mall that Became a Torture Prison – BBC World Service
The Final Frontier: Who Owns the Oceans and their Hidden Treasures? – The Thomson Reuters Foundation
How Nigeria’s Fear of Child ‘Witchcraft’ Ruins Young Lives – Al Jazeera Media Network, Digital Division
The Last Generation – The GroundTruth Project/ Frontline PBS
Made in America: Shrapnel in Yemen ties US Bombs to Civilian Deaths – CNN
Sex and the Sugar Daddy – BBC Africa Eye
Stealing the Kingdom: The Sacking of Wau Shilluk – African Defence Review
Yemen’s Skies of Terror – Al Jazeera Media Network, Digital Division
Supported by EBU
“The 77 Percent”: Music and Politics in Africa – DW
Colorism in South Sudan – Al Jazeera, The Take
From the Ground Up – BBC World Service
Gaza Outside Broadcast – BBC Today Programme
Indian Rave – BBC Radio 4
Mongolian Desert, Middle of the Summer – Czech Radio
Nigeria’s Patient Prisoners – BBC World Service
Niger’s Trafficking Trade – BBC Today Programme
The Number One Ladies’ Landmine Agency – BBC World Service
Poking the Establishment – CTVC
Singing for Survival in Cucuta – BBC World Service
A US Corporation Wants to Raze a Gold-Rich Mountain in Peru. Meet the Woman who Stands in its Way – PRI’s The World
Sponsored by British Red Cross
Another News Story – Wislocki Films Ltd
Britain’s Refugee Children – Channel 4
Dangerous Exit: Who Controls How Syrians in Lebanon Go Home – Refugees Deeply
Destination Europe – IRIN
Escaping Europe – BBC News
Faultlines – No Shelter: Family Separation at the Border – Al Jazeera English
Fleeing Hate: LQBTQ+ Migrants on the Caravan – NowThis Media
From Refugee to Commodity – The Weather Channel
From the Killing Fields to Exile Without Hope – The National
Rohingya One Year – VICE News
Tanzania Granted the Largest-Ever Mass Citizenship to Refugees. Then What? – The Christian Science Monitor
Unreported World: Venezuela’s Lost Children – Channel 4
Venezuela’s Refugee Crisis – The Financial Times
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After the Fall – VICE
Crossing the Line: Colombia’s Rebels – TRT World
Democracy Now! Special: Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa’s Last Colony – Democracy Now!
Hotspots: On The Frontline- In The DRC, Ukraine and Libya – Sky
Journey in the Danger Zone: Iraq – BBC
Myanmar’s Killing Fields – Channel 4
Nigeria’s Stolen Daughters – BBC Two
Sweet Sweet Codeine – BBC Africa Eye
The UN Sex Abuse Scandal – Channel 4
Where Childhood Died – RT
Who Cares About Israel’s Thai Workers? – BBC News
Witness – Back to Kinshasa – Al Jazeera English
Sponsored by the European Investment Bank
For media, including broadcast, digital, audio, film or print, that explores women’s entrepreneurship in the global south. Reporting can showcase stories of successful female entrepreneurs, the challenges women face in trying to grow their businesses, and/or the critical role that women entrepreneurs play in economic development by boosting growth and creating jobs.
Winner:
🏆 The Energy to Stay: Senegal’s village of women | Al Jazeera | Carlotta Dotto
Nominees:
I Am Belmaya | Dartmouth Films | Sue Carpenter & Belmaya Nepali
Women Make Science: Ecuador’s Hidden Treasure | Al Jazeera | Ana Naomi De Sousa & Kata Karáth
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For a piece of media, including broadcast, online, audio, print or film, that covers refugee and asylum-seeker issues by telling compelling stories that generate empathy, understanding and are reported on accurately and fairly.
Winner:
🏆When Can We Really Rest? | California Sunday Magazine | Nadja Drost
Nominees:
Coronavirus Crisis: Europe’s Migrant Camps | Panorama, BBC | Said Reza Adib
Dafa Metti (Difficult) | Tal Amiran
Sponsored by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
For a factual journalistic programme broadcast on television or online, either standalone or one episode from a series, that deals with stories, topics or issues in, about or related to the global south.
Winner:
🏆Agricultoras Violentadas | Record TV | Mariana Ferrari
Nominees:
China Undercover | Hardcash Productions & Frontline PBS | Robin Barnwell
The Search for Assad’s Executioners | Al Jazeera | Mahmoud Al-Ken
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For a piece of media, including broadcast, online, audio, print or film, that explores the relationship between people and the planet. In particular, we are interested in these areas: changing cities, the climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste.
Winner:
🏆Amazon Undercover | Pindorama Filmes | Estêvão Ciavatta
Nominees:
Mercury, chasing the quicksilver | InfoAmazonia | Bram Ebus
The Trees That Bleed: How rosewood is smuggled from Senegal into Gambia | BBC Africa Eye | Umaru Fofana
Special Mention:
Our Mothers’ Land | The Gecko Project & Mongabay | Leo Plunkett
Sponsored by Google News Initiative
For websites, interactive online features, apps, interactive documentaries and other digital technologies that use creative and innovative techniques and content to extend knowledge and understanding of, and engagement with, the global south.
Winner:
🏆 Violated in quarantine | Factual | Ketzalli Rosas Cervantes
Nominees:
The $5 Forests | 101 East, Al Jazeera | Drew Ambrose
The price women and girls are paying for Ethiopia’s war | Devex | Sara Jerving
Sponsored by Google News Initiative
For websites, interactive online features, apps, interactive documentaries and other digital technologies that use creative and innovative techniques and content to extend knowledge and understanding of, and engagement with, the global south.
Nominees:
Inaccessible Cities | Al Jazeera Digital & AJ Contrast | Viktorija Mickute
Seven Grams | Lucid Realities | Karim Ben Khelifa
Visa to Nowhere | Outriders
Sponsored by WaterBear Network
For a piece of media, including broadcast, online, audio, print or film, that explores the relationship between people and the planet. In particular, we are interested in these areas: changing cities, the climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste.
Nominees:
Nicaragua’s Forgotten Deforestation Crisis | OCCRP, Confidencial, Onda Local, InfoLibre, La Voz de Guanacaste | Sasha Chavkin
Oceans Inc | The Environmental Reporting Collective (ERC) | Multiple journalists
The Return | The Guardian | Eriberto Gualinga
Sponsored by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
For a factual journalistic programme broadcast on television or online, either standalone or one episode from a series, that deals with stories, topics or issues in, about or related to the global south.
Nominees:
Black Axe: Nigeria’s Mafia Cult | BBC Africa Eye | Peter Macjob
Haftar’s Russian Mercenaries: Inside the Wagner Group | BBC News Arabic | Nader Ibrahim
Undercover: Africa’s Secret State | Freelance/Channel 4 / PBS Frontline | Evan Williams
Special mention:
Child sexual abuse in Pakistan: Zainab’s Legacy | Freelance/Al Jazeera English | Owen Kean
Sponsored by the European Investment Bank
For media, including broadcast, digital, audio, film or print, that explores women’s solutions in the global south. Reporting can showcase stories of successful initiatives by women or for women, of any scale, that help to tackle challenges faced by women and society at large: solutions that address the impact of climate change and protect the environment, solutions that increase access to education and health care, or solutions that empower women.
Nominees:
101 East: The Widows of Everest | Al Jazeera English | Sreya Banerjee and Rojita Adhikari
HER – Women in Asia | DW Deutsche Welle | Bettina Thoma-Schade
Women’s Rights and the Pandemic | Global Press Journal | Khorloo Khukhnokhoi
Sponsored by Google News Initiative
For websites, interactive online features, apps, interactive documentaries and other digital technologies that use creative and innovative techniques and content to extend knowledge and understanding of, and engagement with, the global south.
Winner🏆:
Inaccessible Cities | Al Jazeera Digital & AJ Contrast | Viktorija Mickute
Nominees:
Seven Grams | Lucid Realities | Karim Ben Khelifa
Visa to Nowhere | Outriders
Sponsored by WaterBear Network
For a piece of media, including broadcast, online, audio, print or film, that explores the relationship between people and the planet. In particular, we are interested in these areas: changing cities, the climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste.
Winner🏆:
The Return | The Guardian | Eriberto Gualinga
Nominees:
Nicaragua’s Forgotten Deforestation Crisis | OCCRP, Confidencial, Onda Local, InfoLibre, La Voz de Guanacaste | Sasha Chavkin
Oceans Inc | The Environmental Reporting Collective (ERC) | Multiple journalists
Sponsored by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
For a factual journalistic programme broadcast on television or online, either standalone or one episode from a series, that deals with stories, topics or issues in, about or related to the global south.
Winner🏆:
Haftar’s Russian Mercenaries: Inside the Wagner Group | BBC News Arabic | Nader Ibrahim
Nominees:
Black Axe: Nigeria’s Mafia Cult | BBC Africa Eye | Peter Macjob
Undercover: Africa’s Secret State | Freelance/Channel 4 / PBS Frontline | Evan Williams
Special mention:
Child sexual abuse in Pakistan: Zainab’s Legacy | Freelance/Al Jazeera English | Owen Kean
Sponsored by the European Investment Bank
For media, including broadcast, digital, audio, film or print, that explores women’s solutions in the global south. Reporting can showcase stories of successful initiatives by women or for women, of any scale, that help to tackle challenges faced by women and society at large: solutions that address the impact of climate change and protect the environment, solutions that increase access to education and health care, or solutions that empower women.
Winner🏆:
Women’s Rights and the Pandemic | Global Press Journal | Khorloo Khukhnokhoi, Lucila Pellettieri, Nakisanze Segawa & Beatrice Lamwaka
Nominees:
101 East: The Widows of Everest | Al Jazeera English | Sreya Banerjee and Rojita Adhikari
HER – Women in Asia | DW Deutsche Welle | Bettina Thoma-Schade
Sponsored by WaterBear Network
For a piece of media, including broadcast, online, audio, print or film, that explores the relationship between people and the planet. In particular, we are interested in these areas: changing cities, the climate crisis, energy, environmental health, environmental justice, food, water, wildlife and zero waste.
Winner🏆:
‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coal mine that ate an Indian village | Freelance/The Guardian | Ankur Paliwal
Nominees:
A toxic trash site in Kenya is making women sick | The Fuller Project | Louise Donovan & Moraa Obiria
The Airstrips of Destruction | Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | Hyury Potter
Special mention:
Identity Crisis | Freelance/FiftyTwo | Deepa Padmanaban
Sponsored by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
For a factual journalistic programme broadcast on television or online, either standalone or one episode from a series, that deals with stories, topics or issues in, about or related to the global south.
Winner🏆:
Under Poisoned Skies | BBC News Arabic | Jess Kelly & Owen Pinnell
Nominees:
Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution | Evan Williams Productions & Channel 4 | Katie Arnold
Ukraine: Life Under Attack | Basement Films & Channel 4 | Mani Benchelah and Patrick Tombola
Sponsored by the European Investment Bank
For media, including broadcast, digital, audio, film or print, that explores women’s solutions in the global south. Reporting can showcase stories of girls and women who successfully contributed to tackle challenges faced by women and society at large: solutions to improve women’s financial and economic inclusion, solutions that address the impact of climate change and protect the environment, solutions that increase access to education and health care, or solutions that empower girls and women.
Supported by Plan International
Winner🏆:
How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women | Freelance/MIT Technology Review | Sanket Jain
Nominees:
BBC People Fixing the World – Jobs for girls | BBC | Farhana Haider
La pantalla andina (The Andean Screen) | Carmina Balaguer
