IFEX members call for protection for women journalists and activists to mark day against violence

IFEX members call for protection for women journalists and activists to
mark day against violence

http://www.ifex.org/international/2009/11/25/women_journalists/

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The massacre and rape of at least four women journalists in the
Philippines this week is emblematic of the additional risks women
journalists face. That is why 40 IFEX members are marking the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women today, 25
November, with a joint call for action.

Spearheaded by the IFEX Gender Working Group, which is chaired by the
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the joint action calls
attention to the many women journalists who are targeted because of their
gender. They face a range of violations, including death threats,
abduction, physical attacks, including assaults, flogging and killings, as
well as sexual, verbal and judicial harassment.

This year, several women have been murdered or threatened with death for
speaking out against corruption and violations of human rights.

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