“You have the support of hundreds of thousands of journalists all over the world”, IFJ Vice President Zuliana Lainez told striking Mexican journalists on 30 September. Lainez was visiting the camp of the Sindicato Único de Trabajadorxs de Notimex (SUTNOTIMEX), the Mexican state news agency that the federal government intends to shut. Unionised workers at Notimex have been on strike for three years and seven months. Lainez conveyed a solidarity message to them on behalf of 600,000 journalists represented by the IFJ worldwide and called for recognition of their struggle and compensation for dismissed workers.
Lainez, reiterated the IFJ’s solidarity and support for the struggle of Notimex…
To mark International Podcast Day, celebrated on 30 September, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) takes a tour all around the world to listen to podcasts produced by our affiliates, addressing labour rights, freedom of press, gender equality and so much more.
The IFJ’s listing of some of the best audio produced by affiliates.
Watch the video and find links to the podcasts in the list below.
In order of appearance:
MACEDONIA - Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM)
Trade Union for the journalist's issues / Поткаст: Синдикатот за новинарските работи.
All six epiosodes include interviews with people involved in the Trade Union in…
Projects
Through our projects the IFJ and its affiliates engage with journalist leaders and influence policy makers around the world. They help build the capacity of our affiliates and enable us to raise issues which are key to defending journalists and journalism and to helping unions work in often turbulent media environments.
Projects- funded according to ethical guidelines – are supported by our affiliates, development agencies or international organisations and help provide the resources to implement the IFJ working programme.
Current projects cover issues such as workers’ rights, safety, impunity, press freedom,gender equality and digital media.
Middle East & Arab world
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The IFJ Middle East and Arab World office supports 20 affiliated unions and associations in the region.
To defend and advance journalists' social and professional rights, it has established a close cooperation with key regional organizations, in particular with the Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ).
In the decade up to 2017 more journalists lost their lives in this region than in any other in the world, making it the most dangerous for professional journalists. This put vocational safety and the fight against impunity at the top of the IFJ's working programme in the region, resulting in a long-term regional campaign…
The Federation of Journalists of Latin America and the Caribbean (FEPALC)
FEPALC is the regional organization of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) whose main objective is the protection of workers' social and labor rights and the unity of action among journalists' organizations.
FEPALC works to build and defend a healthy media environment within a framework of democracy, freedom and the right to information, the free and safe exercise of journalistic activity and the full exercise and guarantee of human rights.
FEPALC defends the union, political and institutional interests of 15 unions representing 57,000 members.
IFJ Latin America
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The IFJ’s 19 member unions and associations in Latin America and the Caribbean, representing more than 20,000 journalists and media professionals, are supported by the regional office in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The IFJ co-ordinates actions across the region to support the exercise of independent and quality journalism, in a framework of unrestricted defence of democracy and the human and labour rights of journalists and media workers in the region.
Key recent projects have included:
The promotion of collective bargaining and union organization, including conducting research on regional and international legislation on labour,…
FIJ Europe
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The IFJ represents over 320,000 journalists in 70 journalists’ unions and associations across 44 countries in Europe.
It also has a European branch, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ).
The EFJ is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe. It was created in 1994 within the framework of the IFJ Constitution.
The EFJ fights for social and professional rights of journalists working in all sectors of the media across Europe through strong trade unions and associations. The EFJ promotes and defends the rights to freedom of expression and information as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European…
A Collective Voice for African Journalists
The Federation of African Journalists is the regional organization of IFJ affiliates in Africa – providing a vital collective voice in defence of the social and professional rights of all African journalists.
Founded in 2007, FAJ provides support and solidarity to unions and associations with a mandate to promote trade union development in the media industry in Africa, to address professional issues, to protect and defend freedom of expression and the right to information as well as journalists’ human rights, as laid down in the Declaration of Principles of Freedom of Expression in Africa.
FAJ, as the largest organisation of African…
IFJ Asia & Pacific
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The IFJ Asia-Pacific office represents 30 affiliated unions and associations in the Asia-Pacific region.
IFJ Asia-Pacific works with national journalists’ unions and associations to improve the conditions of journalists and the quality of journalism through training programs and advocacy campaigns in defense of media-related rights, including the right to safety and decent working conditions, the right to freedom of expression, the right to a free media, the right to access information, the right to freedom of association and the right to justice and fair legal proceedings.
IFJ Asia-Pacific also runs actions and…
IFJ Africa
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The IFJ Africa Office, located in Dakar, Senegal, represents more than 40 unions and associations on the continent
The office helps develop projects and campaigns in support of the fight for the rights and welfare of journalists and focuses on the development of independent and quality journalism in support of democratic, social and economic development.
Among the key activities undertaken recently have been projects, training and campaigns focusing on issues such as trade union development, labour rights and collective bargaining, defending and promoting media freedom, protecting the safety of journalists and tackling impunity,…
Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from September 23rd 2023 to September 29th 2023.
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International Group Warns About Iran's New Journalist Licensing Mandate - Iran International
Inside Iran's 'war of attrition' on journalists | Middle East Eye - Middle East Eye
ILO opens the 2023 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration - International Labour Organisation
AI Act: 13 International and European Authors' and Performers' federations call for a human centric approach to…
As the European Parliament gets set to vote on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) next week, 80 civil society and journalists’ associations and unions, including the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ), are calling on Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to ensure meaningful protection for journalists in the regulation by including a total ban on spyware.
On 3 October, the plenary of the European Parliament will vote on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). This regulation will create the first European legal framework to protect journalists and media service providers from intrusive surveillance technologies.
80 media, journalists, and human and…
Student journalists working with university publication The Democrat were subject to harassment, summoning, and ‘red-tagging’ from members of the Filipino Armed Forces. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), in condemning the harassment and intimidation against student journalists and urging authorities to respect press freedom and conduct an immediate investigation into the incident.
On September 22, student journalist Aila Joy Esperida received a letter signed by a regional administrative authority, a Naga City Barangay, summoning her and her parents for a discussion with unidentified…
On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, celebrated on 28 September, the IFJ calls on governments across the world to stop hindering journalists from fulfilling their professional duties and commit to guaranteeing universal access to information, including citizens' right to seek, receive and impart information.
Universal access to information is an integral part of the right to freedom of expression. Enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), it includes the right to seek, receive and impart information through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Freedom of information is the right of all citizens to know…
The Afghan National journalists Union (ANJU) surveyed 433 journalists working in all parts of the country, collecting opinions in both quantifiable and narrative forms. The results shines important light on the impact of the suspension of the 2014 Access to Information Law, that took place in August 2021.
An extensive survey of journalists from Afghanistan reveals access to information has hit a new low, while Government promises of a new media law to address this situation remain unfulfilled.
Asked their opinion on the availability of official information to journalists, 90 per cent described the situation as ‘critical’. Ninety-seven per cent do not believe that the Afghan…
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in partnership with the US Embassy in Mogadishu is hosting a National Forum on Access to Information today (28 September).
Its theme is: “Realising Access to Information in Somalia” and it brings together government officials, media professionals, civil society organisations, and international partners. They will consider how to achieve access to information legislation consistent with Article 32 of the Constitution of Somalia. Its comprehensive guarantee to freedom of information has yet to be given proper legal effect.
The forum is the culmination a long-standing campaign by the IFJ affiliate that has included messaging on social media…
Bruxelles, le 28 septembre 2023,
La Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ), représentant 600.000 journalistes dans 146 pays du monde et voix de la profession auprès des Nations Unies, prend acte et regrette la démission de son affiliée belge, l’AGJPB - l’Association générale des journalistes professionnels de Belgique -, dans une lettre envoyée à la Présidente et au Secrétaire général de la FIJ le 25 septembre.
L’AGJPB regroupe l’AJP, l’Association des journalistes professionnels francophones et germanophones, et de la VVJ, Vlaamse Vereniging van Journalisten néerlandophone.
La FIJ regrette que le communiqué de presse de l’AGJPB ait été repris parfois in extenso par quelques…
Independent journalists in Myanmar have been outlawed, hunted, tortured, jailed and killed by the country’s military regime, but despite the campaign of terror waged against them, they keep reporting. Now, more than ever, they need your support in their struggle against censorship, detentions, and violence, writes Phil Thornton
Myanmar Now photojournalist, Sai Zaw Thaike was sentenced to 20 years in jail with hard labour in early September. His ‘crime’ - reporting on the destruction caused by Cyclone Mocha, as it ripped its way through Rakhine State in May this year.
Myanmar Now’s editor-in-chief, Ko Swe Win, explained to IFJ that Sai Zaw was only doing his job as a photojournalist…
The military junta in Burkina Faso has suspended, until further notice, the print and online operations of French news outlets Jeune Afrique. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns this high-handed attitude of the Junta that has become a pattern to silence media outlets and to deprive citizens of valuable information.
The Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson for Burkina Faso, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, said that an article published in Jeune Afrique, titled ‘Tensions persist in Burkina Faso’s army’ was 'misleading'. It followed an earlier article published on 21 September, that Ouedraogo said "had the…
Ronson Chan, the head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has been sentenced to five days in jail after allegedly obstructing police officers in September 2022. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its United Kingdom affiliate, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) strongly condemn the detention of the leader of its affiliate and urge the Hong Kong government to uphold its constitutional commitment to press freedom and overturn the journalist’s conviction.
On September 25, HKJA chair and Channel C multimedia director Ronson Chan was sentenced by Judge Leung Ka-kie on charges of obstructing police. In her deliberation, Judge Leung stated her belief that the…
Why has no progress been made by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its investigation of the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh? That question was at the heart of a parallel meeting organised by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) held at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva on 22 September 2023.
The date marked the first anniversary of the IFJ’s formal complaint to the ICC about Abu Akleh’s killing – since which time, prosecutor Karim Khan has made no apparent progress.
The meeting opened with Forensic Architecture’s reconstruction of the events that led up to Abu Akleh’s death on 11 May 2022. Their video draws on previously unavailable footage from cameras carried by…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined authors, performers and other creative workers and artists, representing several hundred thousand workers, in urging the European Union institutions to agree on a balanced regulation that not only forwards the advancement of AI technologies but also promotes original human creativity. As the negotiation of the AI Act enters its final “trilogue” stage, the undersigned organisations reiterate their position and insist on the absolute need for a human-centric approach to regulating generative AI that respects fundamental rights.
We represent several hundred thousand professional authors, performers, and other creative workers …
The owner of online news media platform Mankajang Daily, Bakary Mankajang, was detained by the Gambian police on 20 September, in connection with his reporting on police killings. Mankajang was released on bail and charged with ‘interference with witness’ on 23 September. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Gambia Press Union (GPU) in calling on the Gambian authorities to drop all charges against the journalist and to allow him to do his work without further attempted intimidation.
According to a press release issued by the GPU, Mankajang’s whereabouts were unknown until the journalist’ relatives confirmed visiting him in a police cell in the town of…
The trial of jailed journalist and women’s rights activist Huang Xueqin has begun after over two years in pre-trial detention, while supporters have raised concerns for jailed citizen journalist Zhang Zhan following her second birthday in custody. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the prolonged detention of the journalists and urges authorities to ensure their immediate release.
Following a long-awaited court appearance on September 19, the trial of independent journalist and #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin and labour rights activist Wang Jianbing commenced on September 22 at the Guangzhou Municipal Procuratorate in China’s south. According to supporters,…
The online news publication Inquirer.net withdrew an article detailing an alleged donation by the House of Representatives speaker to Boston’s Harvard University in exchange for a Filipino language course. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in expressing its deep concern over the withdrawal and calling on Filipino media outlets to uphold their commitments to press freedom and discourage self-censorship.
On September 1, the United States bureau chief of Philippines-based online news outlet Inquirer.net, Rene Ciria-Cruz, resigned from their post following the unannounced takedown of a news…
El comunicador fue asesinado a balazos en las cercanías a su domicilio, mientras conversaba con policías fuera de servicio en el barrio Aviación, en el municipio de San Luis Río Colorado, en el estado de Sonora. El Sindicato Nacional de Redactores de la Prensa (SNRP) demandó que se considere el trabajo del periodista especializado en policiales como línea de investigación. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas acompaña la exigencia de su afiliada, así como los reclamos por condiciones seguras para todxs lxs trabajadorxs de prensa.
El pasado domingo 24 de septiembre el comunicador Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara fue atacado junto a cuatro policías por hombres armados que les dispararon desde un…
Après la détention provisoire du caricaturiste tunisien Twafiq Omran cette semaine, ce sont les journalistes Hechmi Nouira et Zina Zidi qui font l'objet depuis quelques semaines de menaces odieuses et de campagnes calomnieuses sur les réseaux sociaux. La Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ) et son affilié, le Syndicat national des journalistes tunisiens (SNJT), appellent le gouvernement tunisien à rétablir d'urgence la liberté d'expression dans le pays.
De mal en pis en Tunisie : jour après jour, le gouvernement fissure sa démocratie en s'attaquant sans cesse à l'un de ses piliers : la liberté d'expression.
Jeudi 21 septembre, le caricaturiste Omran a fait…
Javier Barría, camarógrafo de la cadena Mega, fue alcanzado por una bala en el rostro durante enfrentamientos entre la policía y concurrentes en las protestas, y afortunadamente se encuentra fuera de peligro. La Federación Internacional de Periodistas repudia este ataque a un trabajador que se encontraba cumpliendo su labor informativa, acompaña al colega herido y exige a las autoridades una urgente investigación que esclarezca estos hechos violentos.
El 11 de septiembre pasado, en el marco del 50º aniversario del golpe que colocó al General Augusto Pinochet como presidente de facto, el camarógrafo Javier Barría asistió junto al cronista Rodrigo Ugarte a cubrir las manifestaciones en el…
Authors' rights
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The exploitation of intellectual property rights is a topic for virtually every government, major company and economic forum worldwide. Journalists are among those who must have intellectual property rights too! These rights are called authors' rights.
The IFJ authors' rights programme calls for journalists to be recognised as the authors of the work they create, have control on any further use of their work and receive fair payment for it, whether their works are exploited off line or online. We oppose the Anglo-American copyright system which deprives all staff and most freelances of these rights.
Authors' rights are not only economic…
Freelancers’ rights
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Freelance journalism is no longer an "atypical" form of work. In some countries the majority of journalists are freelances.
While many freelances appreciate the freedom, variety and flexibility of independent employment, many are journalists who would prefer traditional employment but are forced in to fake freelance positions and denied a contract by employers who break local rules on employment, avoiding welfare and social charges.
These employers rob journalists of rights, pay, pensions and benefits. The increasing precarity of work in many parts of the world is undermining journalism and impoverishing journalists.
In some…
Right to collective bargaining
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ILO Convention 98 provides the right for unions to negotiate collectively with employers. Collective bargaining is recognized as the primary means of improving workers' living standards, wages and reducing inequalities.
Convention 98 also provides protection against anti-union discrimination.
Want to know more about how your union can seek to enforce its rights to collective bargaining – contact us
Labour rights are human rights
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The right of journalists and media workers to form and join trade unions is enshrined in international law.
International Labour Organisation Convention 87 establishes the right of all workers - staff or freelance - to form and join unions of their own choosing and for those organisations to be able to operate free from state or employer control.
If your union is being denied its rights – contact us to find out how we can help secure fundamental rights in your workplace. Want help on how to form a union in your workplace – contact us Join your local union:
Rights at work
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Without social justice and fairness at work it is impossible to talk of editorial independence or media freedom.
The IFJ works with its affiliates and the global trade union movement on campaigns, projects, training and advocacy for freedom of association, rights to collective bargaining, winning better working conditions and extending social justice and professional rights.
In the face of unprecedented challenges brought about by economic crises and technological change, strong journalists’ unions remain the best defence of journalists’ professional and social rights.
The message is clear – whether in new or traditional, mainstream…
Workers’ rights
Journalists and media workers organized in strong and active unions are better paid, have better terms and conditions and better social protections.
The threats to journalists’ working conditions – precarious work, job cuts, low pay, long hours and political and commercial pressures - are abundant.
But the message is clear - whether in digital or traditional media, mainstream or alternative, public service or privately-owned, whether employed or freelance, younger or older, male or female - union action, collective bargaining and professional solidarity make a difference.
Human rights
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Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination.
International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups.
The IFJ works to protect the human rights of its members and the communities they serve and to help journalists and media improve coverage of human rights issues.
Tackling media concentration
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Concentration of media ownership is a threat to media freedom, placing excessive power in the hands of private individuals, corporations, governments or political authorities.
Despite the proliferation of websites and social media, power and influence is still concentrated in the hands of the few.
The IFJ stands for media pluralism and campaigns for limits on media ownership and in defence of public service values in broadcasting and all forms of media.
Ethics
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At a time of polarized debate and technological change, ethical journalism in the public interest has never been more important.
As commercial organisations and governments seek to manipulate news, profit-hungry social media platforms undermine quality journalism, and political propaganda and hate speech masquerade as truth, journalists' unions are campaigning for a media environment which embraces the core values of journalism – truth, independence and the need to minimise harm.
The IFJ Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists has become the principal text for journalists and their unions to enforce ethics and…
Press Freedom
Press freedom can be endangered by an assassin’s bullet, fired to kill an investigative journalist and to intimidate and silence his colleagues.
But it can also be endangered by the knock on the door from the police, arresting a reporter to question her on her sources, or to jail her, with or without a proper trial.
It is threatened by restrictive media laws and defamation law suits which put the power over editorial content into the hands of censors and courts or by violence of all kinds, cyber-bullying and internet shutdowns, by poverty pay, a growing concentration of media ownership and a media environment in which ethical concerns and quality journalism are…
Gender equality
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The IFJ puts the fight for gender equality at the heart of its work and campaigns
Our Santander Declaration – a programme to fight for equality in the workplace and beyond - highlights key issues for our affiliates.
The violence and harassment faced by women journalists across the world. IFJ statistics demonstrate that at least 1 in every 2 journalists have suffered sexual harassment, psychological abuse, online trolling and other forms of human rights abuses. The gender pay gap, which is a reality in every continent, and which not only affects women throughout their working lives but in retirement too. The increasingly precarious…
Future of Journalism
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The business model which sustained media for decades is collapsing in many parts of the world. Rapid technological change has both opened up exciting new opportunities for journalism but can also pose widespread threats to jobs, working conditions and quality journalism. Jobs, which were once well paid and secure, are increasingly being replaced with insecure, precarious work with wages so low many are forced to leave the profession.
Major news platforms like Facebook and Google rake in billions in profits but pay few taxes and produce no original news content.
Public service broadcasting, especially television – once the antidote to the…
Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from September 16th 2023 to September 22nd 2023.
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Media groups condemn alleged bribery attempt on RNZ Pacific journalist - RNZ
Hate News Debates: India’s opposition bloc boycotts 14 TV news anchors | The Daily Star - The Daily Star
Prosecution's 'harassment' of news outlets draws concern internationally - The Korea Times
Over 100 Journalists Detained In Iran In Last Year - Iran International
Regime Threatens Iran…
Secretariat
The IFJ Secretariat works under the direction of the Executive Committee to carry out the policies and working programme democratically decided by the IFJ World Congress.
Executive Committee
The IFJ’s Executive Committee is elected by delegates at the triennial world congress.
President
Dominique Pradalié Union: SNJ - France Email: [email protected]
Senior Vice President
Zuliana Lainez Union: Asociación Nacional de Periodistas del Perú Email: [email protected]
Vice-Presidents
Sabina Inderjit Union: Indian Journalists' Union, India Email: [email protected]
Nasser Abu Baker Union: PJS - Palestine Email: [email protected]
Honorary Treasurer
Jim Boumelha Union: NUJ, UK & Ireland Email: [email protected]
Advisers
Mohamed Al Araimi OJA - Oman [email protected]
Dhairan Almutairi KJA -…
Policy on Sexual Harassment
Click here to download the IFJ Policy on Sexual Harassment
This policy will be both circulated and drawn to the attention of all participants at the outset of each IFJ event.
The IFJ seeks to encourage the active participation of its members in meetings, projects, campaigns and activities. The IFJ is committed to the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct in all its activities. The IFJ is committed to assure and promote gender equality.
Every member has the right to participate and to be treated with dignity, equality and respect. Any kind of behaviour or intimidation that undermines these basic rights is unacceptable.
All participants…
Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists
The IFJ Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists was adopted at the 30th IFJ World Congress in Tunis on 12 June 2019. It completes the IFJ Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists (1954), known as the ”Bordeaux Declaration".
The Charter is based on major texts of international law, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It contains 16 articles plus a preamble and defines journalists’ duties and rights regarding ethics.
Preamble
The right of everyone to have access to information and ideas, reiterated in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, underpins the journalist's mission. The journalist's…
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WORKING PROGRAMME 2016-2019
Preamble:
The working programme of the IFJ for 2019-2022 aims to position the IFJ as the global voice for journalists and to strengthen IFJ member unions worldwide in their endeavour to:
put their weight behind the global decent work agenda, and defend and advance the working conditions of journalists across all sectors and platforms, throughout the information landscape;
promote and defend professional and ethical journalism in its role as a cornerstone of democracy and freedom, and be in the vanguard of creating a media culture that is ethically-based, driven by the…
IFJ Constitution 2022-2026
Approved by the IFJ World Congress - Muscat, Oman, June 2022
Changes passed by Muscat Congress highlighted in Italic Bold:
SECTION I: Title and Headquarters 1. The name of the organisation is the International Federation of Journalists. Its headquarters is based in Residence Palace, International Press Center, Block C, Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels, Belgium at the time when this Constitution was approved. SECTION II: Character 2. a) The International Federation of Journalists is a confederation of journalists' trade unions. It has been created to deal with matters…
The Iranian government announced on 18 September its plans to establish a licensing system for journalists operating in the country. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed by the latest action announced by the government that will extend its control over information, stifling the remains of a thin body of independent journalism, and exacerbating the crackdown on local and international media.
On September 18, the minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Mahdi Esmaili announced the government’s intention to set up an accreditation system for journalists. Although no further details or specific dates have been made public by the authorities, if the…
The Global Voice of Journalists
The IFJ, the world's largest organisation of journalists, represents 600,000 media professionals from 187 trade unions and associations in more than 140 countries.
Established in 1926, the IFJ is the organisation that speaks for journalists within the United Nations system and within the international trade union movement.
First established as the Fédération Internationale des Journalistes (FIJ) in 1926 in Paris, it was relaunched as the International Organization of Journalists (IOJ) in 1946, but lost its Western members to the Cold War and re-emerged in its present form in 1952 in Brussels.
The IFJ:
Organises collective action to support…
“If the International Criminal Court does not investigate the death of Shireen Abu Akleh soon, it will lose all credibility among journalists and the Palestine people” said IFJ vice-president Nasser Abu Baker. He was speaking to a packed meeting on 21 September at the United Nations Human Rights Council, organised by the IFJ on the anniversary of the lodging a complaint with the Hague-based court.
Nearly 100 national representatives, including those from China, the USA, the UK and the EU, heard contributions from lawyers and campaigners involved in the case.
Ilora Choudury, senior lead counsel for the International Center of Justice for Palestinians told the meeting about the troubling…
The home of senior Pakistani journalist and Lahore Press Club president Azam Chaudhry was attacked by four unknown assailants on September 16. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), condemn the attack and urge the local authorities to conduct an immediate investigation into the incident.
On the evening of September 16, a group of four unidentified individuals arrived at Chaudhry’s Lahore home approaching his son and asking about the journalist’s whereabouts. Learning the journalist was not home, the intruders allegedly assaulted Chaudhry’s son and attempted to break into the residence.
Their preparations were…
Ariane Lavrilleux, the French journalist who revealed in November 2021 the French government’s complicity in “arbitrary executions”, was taken into police custody at 6am on Tuesday 19 September. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) condemn this brutal violation of media freedom and the fundamental democratic principle of protecting sources.
At six o’clock on Tuesday morning, police officers from the French Directorate-General for Internal Security (DGSI), accompanied by a judge, searched the home of journalist Ariane Lavrilleux, who works for the investigative online media Disclose. She was then taken into custody “as part of an investigation into the…
By any standards, Ver.di’s Congress is enormous. Well over 1,000 delegates, representing nurses, postal workers, teachers and many others from all over Germany gathered on Sunday (17 September) in Berlin to set their policy for the coming four-year period. I attended as the guest of journalists organised within this general union of 1.9 million, whose Congress is surely among the largest democratic gatherings in Europe? It is certainly the biggest I have ever attended.
A football pitch of packed seating fills one’s field-of-view, multiple cameras beam the platform onto cinema screens, and theatrical lighting adjusts to suit the intended mood.
Watching delegates mill about, every sartorial…
En el marco del Día Internacional de la Igualdad Salarial, que se celebra el 18 de septiembre, desde la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas se lanzó una encuesta que indaga en la situación actual de las trabajadoras de prensa latinoamericanas.
Este relevamiento busca indagar en la condiciones en las que se desempeñan actualmente las periodistas y trabajadoras de prensa de la región, con el objetivo de identificar problemáticas comunes y plantear soluciones colectivas con la ayuda de las organizaciones sindicales y asociaciones profesionales. Este trabajo es impulsado por la Federación Internacional de Periodistas junto a Union to…
L'Union des journalistes Tchadiens (UJT), en collaboration avec la Fédération Internationale des Journalistes (FIJ) a organisé un atelier de formation sur « La Sécurité et l’Égalité des femmes journalistes » du 15 - 16 septembre, afin d’outiller les femmes journalistes membres de l’Union.
Les femmes journalistes sont au cœur des préoccupations de l’organisation qui considère qu’elles sont très mal considérées et mal traitées sur des prétextes fallacieux.
Durant deux (2) jours, face à une vingtaine de femmes de médias, plusieurs thèmes ont été abordés. Différentes thématiques ont été développées par des facilitateurs et facilitatrices professionnels des médias qui ont partagé leurs…
To mark International Equal Pay Day on 18 September, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published six tips for the media to set equal pay in newsrooms.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), women are paid 20% less than men globally. And journalism is no exception.
While some media houses claim they have adopted salary scales to prove their good will towards equal pay, access to promotions, bonuses, remuneration in kind are not usually made public.
On top ot this, motherhood is another factor that inevitably brings another wage penalty that will affect a woman's whole career.
Recent pay scandals at the BBC have shown that…
A year after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launches its press freedom report documenting all cases of violations and attacks against media workers in Iran. The IFJ joins its affiliate, the Association of Iranian Journalists (AoIJ) in calling on the Iranian authorities to free all journalists and media workers imprisoned, stop the media crackdown and secure a free flow of information.
The suspicious death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year-old Iranian girl, on 16 September 2022, triggered widespread and unprecedented protests in Iran. Videos posted on social media have shown Iranian girls and women defiantly removing or…
Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of IFJ, divided by language, in the period from September 9th 2023 to September 15th 2023.
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M20 Editors Meeting Stresses Importance of Media Freedom for G20 Leaders' Summit - The Wire
Ukrainian pensioner jailed for social media 'likes' - Big News Network
A New Forum Of Independent Journalists In Jordan Was Launched | MENAFN.COM - MENAFN
Authors’ rights for journalists: a necessary luxury - Equal Times - Equal Times
Media groups condemn alleged bribery attempt on RNZ Pacific…
The Head of the Agency of the newspaper, L’Oeil du Sahel, Bertrand Ayissi, has been arrested and detained in an apparent attempt at intimidation. He was summoned by the Governor of the Adamaoua Region in Central Cameroon, Governor Kildadi Taguieke Bouka, on 12 September. Ayissi was then handed to the Vina Gendarmerie and taken into custody.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists in Cameroon ( Syndicat national des journalistes du Cameroun) (SNJC) in vehemently denouncing this act of intimidation and attempt to silence journalists and the media.
According to a press release issued by the SNJC on 13…
One month has passed since 24 journalists from the Russian news agency Sputnik in Istanbul and Ankara were dismissed. As members of the Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS), they were ready to go on strike to demand better working conditions, after negotiations on a new collective agreement failed. The strike, which has been going on for 30 days, continues. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) reiterate their solidarity with the Turkish journalists and urge Sputnik to respect labour law and provide their employees with decent working conditions.
Since the beginning of the strike on 17 August 2023, Sputnik has not acceded to any of the union’s demands and the…
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists’ (SLAJ) has launched its new gender equality guidelines on 13 September. The policy aims to make an impactful change towards the integration of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the work environment.
The “Media Gender-Equality Policy” insists on the development of gender balance in work environments and condemns all cases of harassment in newsrooms, online and by third parties. It also promotes the implementation of a monitoring program to guarantee that all rights in the workplace are respected.
The new set of rules suggests that all journalists must enjoy equal access to resources, and that women must form at least 30% of the…
