Several women journalists associated with different newspapers and media organizations held a protest in the capital, Islamabad.
Read MoreJournalist Maty Fall, who is originally from Senegal, was sent death threats online while she was covering the event in her home country.
Read MoreThe latest example of the attack was seen in the case of Al Jazeera Arabic’s senior presenters Ghada Oueiss and Ola Al-Fares.
Freelance journalist and co-founder of online media outlet Zaborona, Katerina Sergatskova has been a target of an online harassment campaign following her coverage exposing alleged links between Facebook.
Read MoreThe Coalition For Women In Journalism is alarmed about yet another gender-based hate speech targeted towards a woman journalist in the Balkans region.
We are deeply concerned and alarmed over the threats that Newsquest’s South Cumbria chief reporter Amy Fenton faces which forces her to flee her home.
Read MoreIn the lead up to Aurat March (Women’s March) this year, several women journalists became a target of extreme trolling and harassment
Read MoreSERBIA, BELGRADE — Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo earned the journalist and her family threats from Serbian ring-wingers.
Read MorePAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD — Our CFWIJ Pakistan member Asma Shirazi has been under attack once again. This time the threat has moved from the online space to the physical space, risking the safety and freedom of not only Asma but also her family.
Read MoreUNITED STATES — Women journalists have entered 2019 already at a disadvantage. Last year, 2018 was singled out as the worst year for journalists around the world. More than half a dozen women journalists were killed, and hundreds detained.Journalists already have quite a number of problems to tackle in the field, and many governments are either continuing to — or beginning to — make matters worse. President Donald J. Trump has been known to trivialize the work of journalists, but his special focus on women has been lost to no one.
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