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JiG Webinar: New Report on Combating Violence against Women Journalists by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women July 29th, 2020 | 9 AM to 10 AM EST Join CWGL on Wednesday as our Executive Director, Krishanti Dharmaraj moderates the webinar when UN Special Rapporteur Dubravka Šimonović presents her report, ‘Combating violence against women … Read More

By – Anita Powell | VOA News   JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s epidemic of gender-based violence is especially harrowing for the nation’s sexual minorities, who say they regularly experience violence because of their gender expression and sexual identities. It’s a little-known part of what President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday described as a “second pandemic” of … Read More

By – Angela Riccitello   [JIG Covid-19 Series]: The socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on communities across the globe was the topic of a webinar as part of the Nairobi Commitments/ICPD25: ‘What’s Next?’ Global Conversation series by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities [UNFPA]. This second discussion was titled “Money in Our Pockets: … Read More

From breast ironing to virginity testing, flagship UNFPA report highlights ‘silent crisis’ of harmful practices By – Emma Batha | Thomas Reuters Foundation  The coronavirus pandemic is reversing progress on ending child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), jeopardising the futures of millions of girls, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday. “The pandemic both … Read More

By – Kateryna Kadabashy | Arab News  DUBAI: Journalists should consider the safety of survivors when covering gender-based violence (GBV) stories, a UN agency said on Thursday. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) held a symposium for media professionals in the Middle East, with experts in the field to provide journalists with a framework on … Read More

By – Harrison Mantas and Cristina Tardáguila for Poynter. Fact-checkers responded with a mix of rage and resolve to the guilty verdict given to Maria Ressa, Rappler’s CEO and executive director, and former researcher-writer Rey Santos Jr., in a cyber libel case that threatens press freedom in Asia. Since 2017, Rappler has been a verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network Code … Read More

By – The Daily Star | Manusher Jonno Foundation Report As Covid-19 hit the nation hard, some 11,025 women faced different forms of domestic violence during the shutdown across the country in May, says a tele-survey report of Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF). It said that 3,589 women faced economic repression at their homes as many … Read More

By – Angela Riccitello [JIG Covid-19 Series] – In 2014, 75 percent of the Ebola outbreak’s fatalities in West Africa were women, wrote UN Women.  Due to women’s care-giving professions, they have historically endured the brunt of public health pandemics, highlighting the need to address systemic gender inequality. However, with lockdowns happening across the globe, … Read More

Posted By – The Coalition for Women in Journalism, May 22, 2020   Radio broadcaster Tehreem Muneeba was harassed while at work in a studio at Samaa FM in 2018. Tehreem had to quit her job after being subjected to harassment in her workplace. After almost two long years of fighting the case, the court … Read More