Author: Gemma Horton

CFOM Researchers contribute to ground-breaking study on violence against women journalists published by the ICFJ

CFOM Researchers contribute to ground-breaking study on violence against women journalists published by the ICFJ

Posted by | Nov 8, 2022 |

Last week The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and UNESCO published The Chilling: A global study of online violence against women journalists. The report which has been a collaboration with the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) is a groundbreaking global study that details the trends of online violence against women journalists alongside offering solutions to this problem.

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UN conference hears lawyer’s call for the Commonwealth to “give teeth” to protections for journalists at risk

UN conference hears lawyer’s call for the Commonwealth to “give teeth” to protections for journalists at risk

Posted by | Nov 8, 2022 | ,

Years of inaction by Commonwealth governments in response to violent assaults and excessive restraints on the work of independent media in the organisation’s 56 member states came under sharp scrutiny at a major United Nations conference in Vienna last Friday, 4 November, writes CFOM International Director William Horsley.

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UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison presents findings and recommendations from the UN Action Plan Academic Consultation at the High Level Conference in Vienna

UNESCO Chair Jackie Harrison presents findings and recommendations from the UN Action Plan Academic Consultation at the High Level Conference in Vienna

Posted by | Nov 7, 2022 | , ,

UNESCO Chair, Professor Jackie Harrison (second right in image), presented the findings and recommendations from the academic consultation that took place on occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity (UNPA)

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