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The Chilling: Global Trends in Online Violence Against Women Journalists. Research Discussion Paper
Top Insights
UNESCO (2021), 94 pp.
"Online attacks on women journalists appear to be increasing significantly, as this study demonstrates, particularly in the context of the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women during COVID-19. The pandemic has changed journalists’ working conditions, making them yet more dependent on di
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Programme Strategy - Multi Donor Special Account on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 35 pp.
"Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
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Let Free Media Thrive: Stories of Impact of the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 19 pp.
"2019 has seen major achievements resulting from needs-based, and specifically-tailored support through the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP). Actions building on ongoing work and others opening new avenues, have initiated substantial changes in favour of
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Online Violence Against Women Journalists: A Global Snapshot of Incidence and Impacts
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2020), 17 pp.
"This report presents a snapshot of the first substantial findings from a global survey about online violence against women journalists conducted by UNESCO and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in late 2020. Over 900 validated participants from 125 countries completed the survey in Ara
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From MoFA to the Iraqi delegation at UNESCO
UNESCO (2020), 22 pp.
"The report of last 12 months regarding journalists safety. We received from Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the fourth report to fight Impunity for the last 12 months which is made by the Iraqi national Committee of Safety of Journalists and issue of Impunity, as responding to the UNESCO’s request upo
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Overall Programme Information
Paris: UNESCO (2020), ?? pp.
"This report assesses progress towards the achievement of the above-mentioned outcomes during the period of 1 January to 31 December 2018, the de-facto year of operation of the inception phase for the MDPFoE. Initial contributions were provided by Austria, Canada, Norway and Switzerland. On the seco
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Elections and Media in Digital Times
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 67 pp.
"The central focus of this study is the dynamic and complex relationship between elections and (digital) media. This choice of focus is explained by the need to safeguard the integrity and credibility of electoral processes, as well as the role of the news media during election periods, in the face
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The Fight Against Impunity: Outcomes International Advocacy 2013-2018
Amsterdam: Free Press Unlimited (2019), 23 pp.
Tendances mondiales en matière de liberté des d’expression et de développement des médias. Rapport mondial 2017/2018
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2018), 200 pp.
"Nous observons ainsi des mutations profondes dans le champ de la liberté de la presse, qui progresse sur plusieurs points, mais recule également dans certains autres. La liberté des médias est notamment limitée par de nombreuses restrictions légales sur le droit de communiquer des information
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Violence Against Women Journalists—Online and Offline
In: Setting the Gender Agenda for Communication Policy: New Proposals from the Global Alliance on Media and Gender
Paris: UNESCO; Global Alliance on Media and Gender (2018), pp. 75-92
"It is crucial that any initiatives focussing on the safety of women journalists exist within the broader framework of conversations aimed at meeting the specific targets of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, and recognize that much
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Module 7. Combatting online abuse: When journalists and their sources are targeted
In: Journalism, ‘Fake News’ & Disinformation: Handbook for Journalism Education and Training
Paris: UNESCO (2018), pp. 115-127
"The problem of disinformation and misinformation undermining credible journalism and reliable information has escalated dramatically in the social media era. Consequences include the deliberate targeting of journalists and other online publishers, along with their sources, who are seeking to verify
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Journalism, ‘Fake News’ & Disinformation: Handbook for Journalism Education and Training
Key Guidance
Paris: UNESCO (2018), 128 pp.
"This handbook seeks to provide an internationally-relevant model curriculum, open to adoption or adaptation, which responds to the emerging global problem of disinformation that confronts societies in general, and journalism in particular. Serving as a model curriculum, the publication is designed
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Model Course on Safety of Journalists: A Guide for Journalism Teachers in the Arab States
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 172 pp.
"Safety of Journalists: A Model Course for the Arab States is a significant instalment in our UNESCO Series on Journalism Education. Developed in partnership with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the publication responds to the difficult situation of many journalists working in the
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Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 191 pp.
"This study, which covers 121 UNESCO Member States, represents a global benchmarking of journalistic source protection in the Digital Age. It focuses on developments during the period 2007-2015. The legal frameworks that support protection of journalistic sources, at international, regional and coun
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Pacific journalists training in dealing with psychological trauma when covering climate change
UNESCO (2017), ?? pp.
"The safety of journalists is not only about physical wellbeing. Safety extends to protection against impending psychological injury resulting from exposure to violence, conflict, disaster and tragedy. Both psychological safety and physical safety are inextricably linked. Research shows that people
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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Nepal: An Assessment Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 115 pp.
"This United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report documents the national state of journalists' safety and the issue of impunity by providing an overview of the safety situation of journalists in Nepal. It also examines the context of safety and the responsibility
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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Kenya: An Assessment Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 106 pp.
"The study finds that Kenyan journalists face serious challenges in the course of their work. Further, both State and non-State actors have contributed to a deteriorating climate for journalists. The number of threats, incidents of harassment and intimidation as well as legal and personal attacks, h
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"This report provides an overview of a decade of killings of journalists, media workers and social media producers, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2015. The extent of the risks faced by those exercising their right to express opinions and disseminate information is demonstrated by the figure
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UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
Top Insights
United Nations (2016), 21 pp.
"The UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity is a systematic UN-wide plan to work toward a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, including social media producers of public interest journalism, with a view to strengthen peace, democracy, and dev
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Journalism at Risk: Threats, Challenges and Perspectives
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2015), 272 pp.
"Is journalism under threat? The image of journalists, as helmeted war correspondents protected by bullet-proof vests and armed only with cameras and microphones, springs to mind. Physical threats are only the most visible dangers, however. Journalists and journalism itself are facing other threats
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