This wide-reaching project is designed to strengthen the capacity of media civil society organisations to instigate and lead sustainable change development in Malaysia. Journalists and media organisations will be supported to take a strategic role in promoting and advancing a strong, independent and diverse media in Malaysia.
Supporting Asia-Pacific journalists and media organisations as they transform and adapt to changing conditions, by recognising and addressing issues strengthening union membership, building stronger financial structures and greater equity (including gender, youth and minorities) digital security of journalists and safety of journalists.
Union leadership, capacity building and gender equality are a key focus of the South Asia Media Solidarity Programme, which works to enhance conditions for free and pluralistic reporting in the South Asia region. This project is funded by NJ and Unesco/IPDC.
Part of a global project to develop a stronger union presence in digital media and among younger workers, this project is key to building the future of the journalists' organisations across the Asia-Pacific region.This project is funded by Union to Union (UTU).
Media Rights Violations and Monitoring in South Asia
Strengthening the monitoring, reporting and advocacy around the violation of media rights and the safety of journalists in conflict zones in South Asia.
The Strengthening Professional Journalism and Mitigating Reductions in Media Freedom by Better Monitoring in Cambodia project addressed some of the most critical challenges currently impacting Cambodia’s democratic space, specifically the role and function of media and its ability to independently report and monitor sustainable development in the country.
The aim of the project was to inform the unions to internally assess and evaluate their operations in the changing digital economy in terms of the workers they represent and how they organise into the future.
Promoting Safer Working Conditions and Press Freedom for Journalists in South East Asia
Using the UNESCO Journalist Safety Indicators, this research project will document press freedom and journalist safety issues in South East Asia. This project is funded by UNESCO.
