Factsheet

Safety of Female Journalists Online (#SOFJO)

Safety of Female Journalists Online is part of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media's work to promote journalists' safety in all 57 participating States. Democracy thrives when a plurality of voices are heard both on- and offline. Plurality is currently at risk.

Date:: 6 February 2018
Source:: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publisher:: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Our work:: Media freedom and development, Gender equality

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Facing an additional layer of risk Nearly two out of three women journalists have been threatened or harassed online. Just because of their gender, female journalists face an additional layer of risk, next to the attacks that all journalists are increasingly experiencing. Nowhere do we see this form of harassment and abuse more starkly than in the online sphere. Hampering freedom of expression

26 November 2020

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