India: Journalists start testing positive for Covid-19
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While the actual number of women journalists who have tested positive is unknown, TV Journalist Shivangi Thakur took to Twitter to confirm that she had tested positive.
Read MoreUnited Kingdom: A pandemic hasn’t slowed down exploitative behavior towards women photojournalists
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The pandemic has made reportage a complicated affair and visual journalists face enormous risk because unlike other forms of reporting their work cannot be handled remotely.
Read MorePakistan: How female journalists are tackling the fallout from Covid-19
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Journalists are dealing with an unprecedented level of difficulties since the Covid-19 outbreak. The spread of this pandemic has had a deep impact on everyone in the field — whether they are covering it or not. After talking to a few female journalists, it was clear that they definitely have it worse.
Read MoreIndia: Delhi riots take an ugly turn for women journalists
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CFWIJ has been documenting the attacks on women journalists in this scenario and we have come across some unpleasant cases that have put these journalists at severe risk.
Read MoreUSA: Did CBS make Gayle King a target for views and traffic?
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While CBS has condemned the barrage of abuse Gayle has received following the clip’s airing, we have to question why the network did not act with more responsibility towards Gayle.
Read MoreBurundi: Journalists sentenced to imprisonment – hope lost for press freedom
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We denounce the court’s decision to imprison journalists Agnès Ndirubusa and Christine Kamikazi, along with their two other colleagues.
Read MoreJapan’s problem with rape comes to light even as journalist Shiori Ito wins civil suit against her attacker
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JAPAN, Tokyo — We welcome a Tokyo civil court’s landmark decision to rule in favor of our colleague journalist Shiori Ito, who boldly filed a rape lawsuit against a senior reporter in the country, Noriyuki Yamaguchi. However, we believe that much change is needed in the country’s legal system before victims of sexual assault can truly feel safe.
Read MoreGreece: Journalist Mina Karamitrou’s car targeted by unknown perpetrators.
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GREECE, ATHENS - Unknown perpetrators set the car of a CNN Greece journalist Mina Karamitrou on fire late Tuesday night.
Read MoreWe condemn the murder of Afghan journalist Mina Mangal
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AFGHANISTAN, KABUL — The Coalition For Women In Journalism is appalled at the murder of our colleague Afghan journalist Mina Mangal.
Read MoreUnimaginable response of Twitter to trolls attacking Barkha Dutt
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INDIA, NEW DELHI - Twitter’s response to trolls attacking Barkha Dutt is unimaginable.
Read MoreWe protest Maria Ressa’s arrest over “cyber libel”
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We condemn the arrest of our colleague Maria Ressa, who was taken into custody over already disproved “cyber libel”. The Philippine’s government’s attempts to stifle dissent and criticism must come to an end.
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