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Threats, Imprisonments and Violence Against Women Journalists in Palestine
Palestinian women journalists continue to fight for their right to free expression despite the ongoing threats and intimidations meant to silence them. The Coalition For Women In Journalism documents the cases to expose the violations women journalists encounter while reporting from conflict zones.
Against The Odds: Women Journalists in Iran Continue to Speak Truth to Power Despite Harrowing Challenges
Trauma is not equal. Political upheaval, like every social development, always presents greater risks to communities already more vulnerable in society.
2021 CFWIJ First Half - Yearly Report
In the first half of 2021, women journalists faced the most danger not from criminal elements, but from the states they operate in.
CFWIJ Expresses Concern Regarding The Rapidly Worsening State of Civil Liberties in Pakistan
The Coalition For Women In Journalism is extremely perturbed by the deteriorating state of civil rights in Pakistan. Military intervention in politics has long been a problem in the country’s short history. Members of the civil society who have risen to demand greater participation in the governance of the country criticized the human rights breaches committed by the military and mobilized vulnerable sections of the population have been routinely harassed, threatened, abducted by the state and even murdered.
Twenty Years After The War on Terror, Violence Remains Rampant Against Afghan Women
In 2001, as the world witnessed the initiation of a war that appears to never end, then First Lady Laura Bush famously justified the American invasion of Afghanistan with the promise of a better life for women oppressed under the Taliban regime. “Because of our recent military gains, in much of Afghanistan women are no longer imprisoned in their homes,” she said in a radio address on November 17, 2001.
On Africa Day, CFWIJ Stands in Solidarity With The Women Journalists at The Forefront of The Struggle For a Better World
Africa Day commemorates a significant anti-colonial moment in global histories, and presents a promise of a more liberated, more equal future. However, as it is with postcolonial regions around the world, the evils of colonialism continue to haunt its subjects long after its eradication.
Women Journalists in Belarus — On The Frontline at Protests and in Prisons
Belarus has always been a challenging country when it comes to press freedom as the massive crackdown against critical voices became more intense after last year’s election. The challenges have multiplied for women journalists especially as the environment is becoming more repressive with every single day.
Trump’s Presidency: A Time of Division and Delusion
The outgoing president of the United States, Donald Trump, has been featured front and center in the media since his inauguration. In his candour, the president has often reignited the stereotypes and biases that the present world is working to extinguish. Not always for his rhetoric or questionable ambitions for America and its people, but for the division he provokes.
India: Journalists Concerned For Their Safety While Covering Farmer Protests
The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) has received reports from several women journalists worried about their safety and well-being while covering these events. We are especially concerned about gendered-based violations on the frontline of the ongoing farmers’ protests in India. CFWIJ demands Indian authorities to ensure the journalists’ safety.
2019 November / December Review: Imprisonments
The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) has been keeping a close watch on the number of imprisoned women journalists around the world. This report looks at all the cases documented by CFWIJ in November and December 2019.
Turkey’s ‘‘Anti-State’’ Women Journalists
Turkey has developed a pattern of attacking journalists with legal consequences when they report on facts that are deemed critical. This report takes a look at some of the cases we have been documenting since last year.
Iran Becomes The World’s Top Jailer of Women Journalists
As of August, 2019, Iran has become the largest jailer of women journalists in the world. This report takes a look at the most recent arrests along with some of the journalists that have been in prison for several years because of their work.