Female journalists and bloggers are increasingly being singled out and fiercely attacked online. (iStock)
OSCE Media Freedom representative launches new book on safety of female journalists online
VIENNA, 5 February 2016 – “On 25 July 2013, I got my first rape threat. That was a Thursday. By Sunday, police had collected 300 A4 pages of threats that had been made against me.” - Journalist Caroline Criado-Perez, on her experience with online abuse.
The situation described above is indeed shocking but, unfortunately, far from unique. Criado-Perez, and other journalists, scholars and free speech advocates share their experiences with, research on and solutions to online abuse in a ground-breaking new publication issued today by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
Jail cells that once held people now grow gardens. The prison bus has become a roving museum. A guard tower sprouts a climbing wall.
This is what happens when you turn a place of confinement into a space for growth.
Direct Link to Full 5-PAGE Hunger Project Online Interactive Dashboard:
In today’s complex and volatile world, the word “FUNDAMENTALISMS” is pervasive, and clearly has an impact on women’s and girls’ rights, dignity, justice, and peace. This publication printed a few years ago, resonates the impacts of religious fundamentalisms local and global, across regions and religions. Looking at the multiple root causes, the core issues of fundamentalisms, can help us as women address fundamentalist-related obstacles, and strategies.
"The Sustainable Development Goals contain a specific target calling for an end to FGM. When this practice is fully abandoned, positive effects will reverberate across societies as girls and women reclaim their health, human rights and vast potential." — UN Secretary-General
Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women and girls. The practice also violates their rights to health, security and physical integrity, their right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and their right to life when the procedure results in death.
