by SAMSN Admin | Nov 30, 2016 | Gender, Resolution, South Asia, Workshop
We, women media unionists from the Asia Pacific region gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal, claim our rightful place in the media and unions. For this, media unions must effectively address issues of gender equity and adopt best practices in order to strengthen the numbers...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Gender, India, Release, Trade Union Rights
The National Union of Journalists (India), NUJ (I), hails the Hon’ble SC verdict on equal pay for equal work as a historic one. The court has unequivocally rejected arguments of employers for lower pay to contract, temporary workers and slammed the claim that...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Gender, Harassment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in welcoming the recent decision by the Federal Ombudsperson Against Harassment of Women in the Workplace to prosecute the director of the state-run...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Feature, Gender, News, Sri Lanka
2012 was still a dangerous time to be a journalist in Sri Lanka. The 27-year civil war ended in May 2009, but the president who oversaw the final stages of the war, Mahinda Rajapaksa, continued to rule over this island nation of 21 million with an iron hand. Sri...
by SAMSN Admin | May 3, 2016 | Access to Information, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Gender, Human Rights, Impunity, India, Internet Freedom, Labour rights, Maldives, Media Ownership, Media Rights Violations, Nepal, Pakistan, Release, Reports, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Trade Union Rights
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day by releasing The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16. The 14th annual report documents the press freedom situation,...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 7, 2016 | Gender, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
The importance of a safe working environment cannot be emphasized enough, especially with a larger number of women joining the work force. It is imperative that organizations take serious steps to protect women employees so that they can concentrate on their work and...
