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Making the Invisible Visible. Guideline 1: An Intersectional Gender Guide to Monitoring and Documenting Attacks Against Journalists and Social Communicators

Article 19 (2022), 22 pp.
"An intersectional gender approach starts with the fact that differences between the roles of women and men – in terms of their relative position in society and the distribution of resources, opportunities, constraints, and power in a given context – cannot be analysed in a separate silo. Instead, such differences must be placed within a systemic framework of intersectional inequalities (see Figure 1), overlapping gender discrimination with other forms of discrimination [...] These guidelines are about the safety and protection of journalists and social communicators, which can be addressed by monitoring and documenting the attacks they face, building their capacity to protect themselves, and raising awareness nationally and internationally on the issue. While many of the recommendations in these guidelines could also apply to human rights defenders (HRDs), they were built from the experience and expertise of ARTICLE 19 staff concerning journalists and social communicators." (Page 7)
About these guidelines, 6
Why is mainstreaming an intersectional gender approach important when documenting attacks against journalists and social communicators? 8
What is intersectional gender monitoring and documentation? 11
Ethical framework, 12
Monitoring and
documentation phases, 15