While the internet has enabled journalists to report from around the world in real time, it has also exposed them to a barrage of online abuse, especially when reporting on Read More
08/08/2022
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Online harassment of women journalists is a huge problem for media businesses and journalism. Urgent action is needed to tackle widespread online abuse and harassment faced by women journalists around Read More
An early warning system to detect, predict and prevent online violence against women journalists is being developed by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and computer scientists at the University Read More
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me” was never meant to dismiss the power of words. The focus of the proverb is not the Read More
On average, 40% of women media professionals have experienced sexual harassment of some kind in the workplace. Women and gender non-conforming media professionals are almost three and a half times more Read More
Current working conditions in sports journalism make it difficult for female sports journalists to compete with men and prevent women from working in sports newsrooms. These are, for example, hostile Read More
A practical guide for women journalists on how to respond to online harassment is included in pack of practical and legal tools for journalists, media managers and newsrooms. The tools Read More
They were all of them quite special. Six women war correspondents writing about World War II and pushing borders for what women journalists were supposed to cover. One of them Read More
An early warning system to identify and prevent violence against women journalists is being developed by The International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) with a grant from the UK Government. In Read More
Right now, women journalists in Afghanistan are among the most at-risk populations in the country for reasons of revenge, retribution, and long-standing prejudice against their voices in any public arena. Read More
