by IFJ Asia Pacific | Mar 25, 2015 | Nepal, SAMSN Blog
Devi Gurung was just 14 years old when she got married. Rolpa is a district known for being among the lowest placed on the Human Development Index and when her family decided she should get married in the seventh grade, this was not considered unusual. Like marriage,...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Mar 18, 2015 | SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
For senior photojournalist and trainer, Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai, the proverbial glass ceiling was visible from the day she commenced her journalistic career on May 1, 1993. Twenty years on, much to her regret, the only improvement she finds in the Tamil...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Mar 4, 2015 | Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Pakistan is one of the most brutal fronts in the world for journalists, says Rana Azeem. As a union leader in a country ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world for journalists, what do you think is the reason for the hatred against the media? It is not only...
by IFJ Asia Pacific | Feb 18, 2015 | Afghanistan, Gender, Issues, News, SAMSN Blog
There’s an issue with Afghanistan’s newsrooms when it comes to women journalists’ safety. Men must be part of the solution, writes Dilrukshi Handunnetti “You want to discuss journalists’ security? Then we should have security forces personnel attending gender safety...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 28, 2014 | Impunity, Pakistan, SAMSN Blog
Syed Saleem Shahzad, a prominent Pakistani investigative journalist renowned for his incisive reporting of war and militancy and author of a book on militancy in the country, was abducted in broad daylight from the heart of federal capital Islamabad on May 29, 2011....
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Impunity, Maldives, Missing, SAMSN Blog
This week marks 3 months since 28-year-old Maldivian journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (@moyameehaa) was reported missing to police, after being last seen in the early morning of Friday 8 August. Rilwan, employed by Minivan News, had been working on a number of...
