by SAMSN Admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Access to Information, Censorship, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, Labour rights, Reports and Publications, Sri Lanka
‘Media Freedom Rights Monitor’ Monthly Report is the second in a series of monthly reports that the Free Media Movement expects to issue monthly from January 2021. This report includes a brief observation and the incidents during the month that impacted media...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 17, 2021 | Gender, India, Opinion, SAMSN Blog, Sexual Harassment
The acquittal of senior journalist Priya Ramani of criminal charges of defamation brought by former editor and politician MJ Akbar is a landmark in the struggle against sexual harassment at the workplace in India. Laxmi Murthy unpacks the verdict. On February 17,...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | Gender, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
The severity of online threats has promoted a collective of women journalists in Pakistan to take matters into their own hands, writes Lubna Jerar Naqvi. Attacks on women journalists are common in patriarchal societies like Pakistan with threats ranging from verbal...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Attack, Gender, Harassment, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Pakistan, Politics, Release
ore than 150 Pakistani women journalists released a statement on September 7 detailing the gender-based attacks that are increasingly impacting their safety and ability to work. Titled ‘Together Against Digital Abuse’, the statement also puts forward a list of demands...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2020 | Gender, Harassment, Maldives, Release
Nearly 17 months since a senior female Maldivian editor was allegedly sexually harassed by an officer in the Maldives presidential communications team, the International Federation of Journalists has voiced its concern at the inaction by the country’s government and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 27, 2020 | Gender, India, Media Regulations, Release, Trade Union Rights
According to a recent survey conducted by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) more than half of women journalists have experienced increased gender inequalities due to Covid-19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
