Threats & violence against #womenjournalists endanger democratic values, including #freedomofexpression & the right to information.

Despite the risks, women continue to investigate power abuses. We applaud those laying the groundwork for a better future.

https://www.mediadefence.org/news/women-journalists-who-inspire-us/

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We urgently need more support to keep publishing and we want to make it easy For the next 24 hours, we're offering a 23% discount off all memberships. We're ad-free and paywall free, and it's members who make our women-led #journalism possible.

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Today, on this first day of #WomensHistoryMonth, Allison Hantschel writes for us about the critical importance of having women-owned and led #media. It's also the final week of our Spring Member Drive and if you're moved after reading her piece, please consider becoming a supporter for just $5 a month to help us keep publishing #journalism #womenjournalists

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/03/01/the-importance-of-women-owned-and-run-media/s

“Time and again, research shows, the news organizations that employ women journalists who are under assault turn against them, depriving them of career opportunities and driving them from the profession.” (FREE ARTICLE)

#WomenJournalists #harrassment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/02/14/women-journalists-global-violence/

RSF reports: “Last year’s record has been broken again. The total of 533 #journalists being held…on 1 December [2022] was 13.4% higher than last year’s figure. RSF has also never previously seen so many women journalists in detention…78 are currently held, a…rise of nearly 30% compared to 2021… 
#China…continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, with a total of 110 currently being held…” | RSF https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide #FreeExpression #WomenJournalists #ArbitraryDetention

RSF reports: “Last year’s record has been broken again. The total of 533 #journalists being held…on 1 December was 13.4% higher than last year’s figure. RSF has also never previously seen so many women journalists in detention. A total of 78 are currently held, a…rise of nearly 30% compared to 2021… 
#China…continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, with a total of 110 currently being held.” | RSF https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide #FreeExpression #WomenJournalists #ArbitraryDetention

RT @AhEleni@twitter.com

@BalkanInsight@twitter.com found that many female #journalists in
#Greece remain too afraid to report the abuse and harassment they have endured at the hands of male colleagues, often in more senior roles.
#greekmedia #MeToo #womenjournalists

Read more:
https://balkaninsight.com/2022/12/12/code-of-silence-fear-stigma-surrounding-abuse-of-greek-women-journalists/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AhEleni/status/1605156161824690176