#WomenInFront: "A lot would be different and easier in unions if there were more women members"

Sabina Inderjit is the General Secretary of the Indian Journalist Union and senior vice president of the IFJ.

Journalists targeted with legal crackdown in India

The editor and a publisher of Shillong Times were fined for contempt of court, while another journalist was threatened with legal action over their...

Journalists must be consulted on press council development

Several journalist groups in Malaysia have come together to urge thorough consultation on the establishment of a press council in Malaysia. The...

Equality for female staff in the media: media leaders take action!

On the International Women’s Day, media organisations call upon all media leaders around the globe to stand up and protect the rights of female...

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...

IFJ is looking for four media development experts!

The International Federation of Journalists is looking for four media development experts to conduct a mapping of current trends in the media sector,...

#WomenInFront: Women in the unions: "commitment is key" says Ratna Ariyanti of AJI, Indonesia

Ratna Ariyanti is a journalist, a board member of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Indonesia and IFJ South East Asia Coordinator. She...

International Women's Day: Time for more women to lead media and unions, says IFJ

To mark International Women's Day on 8 March, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued a rallying cry to media and union leaders...

Hong Kong-based grassroots news website blocked in China

The website of a Hong Kong grassroots news organisation, reporting labour issues around the globe, has been blocked in mainland. The International...

Government advertising withheld from Kashmir newspapers

For the past two weeks, the governor’s administration of Jammu and Kashmir has not given any government advertisements to Greater Kashmir and Kashmir...

IFJ Asia Pacific Bulletin: MARCH

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