Shirley Yam: "Of the 17 daily newspapers in Hong Kong, only 3 have a female chief editor"

Shirley Yam is the vice president of the Hong Kong Journalists Association

Namgay Zam: "Stories perpetuate gender stereotypes"

Namgay Zam was appointed this week as the executive director of the Journalists Association of Bhutan. She talks with the IFJ about the importance of...

Inday Espina-Varona: "A younger generation of women journalists are more conscious of their rights as workers"

Inday is the Convenor, Let’s Organize for Democracy and Integrity arts and media alliance. She is the former chair of the National Union of...

Eih Eih 'Emily' Tin: "The situation of women in the media in Myanmar is gotten worse because there is no job security"

Emily is the Joint Secretary 1 of the Myanmar Journalists Association and says cultural gender stereotypes are impacting women's leadership in the...

IFJ calls for stronger female representation in the media and unions

Today, on International Women’s Day the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for necessary and substantial improvement of women’s...

Chris Yeung: "Diversity will be lacking if there are few women in senior, decision-making positions"

Chris Yeung is the president of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and chief writer at Citizen News. We talk with him about gender equality in...

Journée internationale des droits des femmes: la FIJ demande plus de femmes aux commandes des médias et des syndicats

À l’occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, célébrée le 8 mars, la Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ) a lancé un...

Womens Day: IFJ hails Somali Women’s Charter as “grounding-breaking success” for gender equality

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today joined its Somali affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in hailing...