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“Oh, how do you manage being on the field and your home life?”
On World Press Freedom Day, a team of women reporters of Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by rural women in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, said that if they were to reply to this question, with one of their own, they would say, ‘Dear Male Colleague, Are...
#WPFD2018: Clampdowns and Courage
Jane Worthington - IFJ Asia Pacific acting director wrote this piece for the South Asia Press Freedom Report 2017-18 - Clampdowns and Courage. As we fight for journalist rights for another year, there’s a pervading sentiment emanating through the collective discourse...
#WPFD2018: Media Reforms – the Present and Beyond
Delivering the keynote address at the World Press Freedom Day event on May 2, 2018, organized by the Free Media Movement at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, MJR David provides a succinct analysis of media reforms in Sri Lanka. There have been many efforts to develop...
Spreading awareness about sexual harassment
Despite the fact that sexual violence and harassment are rampant, there is very little awareness about it, says Lubna Jerar Naqvi who is doing her bit to raise awareness. Sexual harassment and sexual assault are rampant but in societies like Pakistan - religious and...
There is more to unions than protests
In order to increase the membership of women in unions, the real purpose of unions must be explained, says Lubna Jerar Naqvi. With the increase in the number of women entering media, we need more women journalists in decision-making positions in unions and media...
Riding the Waves of Repression: State of Press Freedom in the Maldives
Maldives is weathering a severe political crisis following the Supreme Court’s February 1 order to release political prisoners and reinstate 12 Members of Parliament. President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency and cracked down on all protests. The media...
The most difficult part of my job
Ujjwal Acharya, IFJ’s South Asia co-ordinator reminds us why the IFJ’s annual Killed List is not a macabre roll call from a morgue, but a reminder of why we must ensure that killers of journalists are brought to justice. I monitor press freedom and the media rights...
Still a Black January
Let us light a lamp for suffering journalists in Sri Lanka to mark three years of the Yaha Palana government, says the Free Media Movement Sri Lankan journalists have suffered in many ways while performing their professional duties and have been demanding that justice...
Ekneligoda, Sugirtharajan and 24th January
For several years, the Free Media Movement (FMM) of Sri Lanka and free expression advocates have dubbed January as “Black January”. This was in the context of a large number of journalists killed, disappeared, assaulted, as well as attacks on media institutions – all...
‘Where is Prageeth?’
The cartoonist disappeared 8 years ago this day. His wife’s struggle to find him shines a light on Sri Lanka’s dismal record on enforced disappearances, Laxmi Murthy reports. It began like any other day for the Eknaligoda family in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Political...
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