News and Press Releases

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…

A survey by the Afghan National Journalists' Union (ANJU) has revealed a dramatic slump in the number of women journalists working and a huge rise in…

Chinese journalist and former lawyer Zhang Zhan is reportedly suffering rapidly deteriorating health following over one year of an intermittent hunger…

El viernes por la madrugada, la Cámara de Diputadxs sancionó la Ley de Equidad de Género en los medios de comunicación, que tiene como objetivo…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched a global campaign #PayMeEqual to mark International Women's Day on 8 March, urging…

On 24 February 2020, the London Central Employment Tribunal ruled that female journalist Samira Ahmed’s hosting work on BBC’s Newswatch programme was…

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has been very active in recent years fighting unequal pay at work, in particular at the BBC, the UK's public…

In 2012, UNESCO published its first Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media (GSIM) to “contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment in and…

Vincent Muscat, one of the three presumed murderers of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after…

Du 19 janvier au 11 février 2021, la Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ) a organisé une formation en ligne sur la sécurité…

Catarina Andreeva and Darja Chulcova, two journalists for Belsat, the Polish satellite television station aimed at Belarus, have each been sentenced…

Four media workers’ unions in Japan have demanded gender equality in Japan’s media and call for stronger female representation in the industry, which…

Australian news presenter Cheng Lei, who has been detained by China’s authorities since August 2020, was officially arrested on February 5 for…

Public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) terminated journalist Nabela Qoser’s three-year civil service contract, citing an ongoing…

Global Unions have expressed alarm and strong indignation at Saudi Arabia’s State Prosecutor’s decision to seek the maximum jail sentence for women’s…

TV Journalist Violetta Tovkes was attacked by an unknown man in the middle of a live broadcast on 28 November, resulting in severe damage to her…