"One in four girls in Mexico experiences sexual violence before the age of 18, one in five Mexican women between the ages of 15 and 17 drops out of school because they are pregnant, and 32% of Guatemalan women cannot read or write. The violence suffered by women in Mexico and Central America has many […]
"The State Attorney General's Office announced onFeb. 14, that it opened an investigation ex officio for the alleged crime of sexual harassment of sports journalists on a radio station in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The announcement of this investigation comes after the journalist María Soledad Reyes denounced on her social media that in a sports station in […]
"In today's Brazil, marked by political radicalization and constant attacks against press freedom, being a communicator is a challenge. Although this statement applies to Brazilian journalists as a whole, elements such as gender and sexuality makes the task of journalism in the country even more difficult. To give visibility to this problem, the Brazilian Association […]
"The Network of Journalists for Diversity in Communication, an entity that brings together Black and Indigenous journalists focused on making communication more diverse and representative throughout its structure, will hold on Nov. 19 and 20 the 1st International Meeting of Journalists of the African Diaspora. With national and international guests, the meeting will address actions […]
“Milagros Costabel is 19 years old, she is from Colonia, Uruguay, and she was born without being able to see. Her disability didn't stop her from dreaming big. Last year, in the midst of a pandemic, she published her articles in English-speaking media outlets. And, starting in August, she will study at the prestigious American […]
"'If she were blonde and blue-eyed, you wouldn't be pissing her off,' a CNN employee said to another collaborator responsible for editing the live entries. According to reports, journalist Basília Rodrigues was the target of a racially motivated persecution, which caused discomfort among professionals at the station. Basília has been a political commentator for CNN […]
“The guild of women journalists of El Salvador expressed this Friday [March 19] its rejection of a statement supposedly given by a female judge in a criminal proceeding prompted by a colleague and that, in its opinion, normalizes sexual harassment. [...] The controversy came after the initial hearing in the criminal process Jaime Perla faced […]
“UNESCO launches a campaign on online violence against women journalists on 8 March for International Women’s Day. In a recent UNESCO-ICFJ survey, 73% of the women journalists surveyed reported having faced online violence while doing their job. They are often targeted in coordinated misogynistic attacks. This violence harms women’s right to speak and society’s right […]
“Journalism can be a dangerous profession, but it is often doubly dangerous for women because of the risk of sexist and sexual violence to which they are exposed. Of the 112 countries where journalists were polled for this report, 40 were identified as dangerous or very dangerous for women journalists. The dangers are not just […]
“The political and public health crises Brazilians faced in 2020 have made journalism stronger. Public agents’ erratic and irresponsible management of efforts against the spread of the coronavirus helped the press claim its role as a key player in defense of people’s lives. When it became clear that trustworthy information was a matter of life […]