Syrian Women in Transition 2021

to read :Syrian Women in Transition, 2021, link for downloading publication: https://researchsystem.canberra.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/52485445/Syrian_Women_in_Transition_ACMC_Occasional_Paper_1_2021.pdf

This paper presents a snapshot of what it is like to be a Syrian woman in
transition in Jordan or Lebanon. In 2019 the authors investigated the lives of these
women to find out what challenges they face and the conditions, policies
and structures that help or hinder their opportunities.

Was happy to support the authors during the interviews they held!

Rita Chemaly

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Let’s stop impunity! Join forces for a UN Convention to protect journalists

For a UN Convention to protect journalists

Despite many protocols, guidelines and proposals, journalists still face a daily threat – and impunity continues to make the situation worse.

In the last 6 years more than 600 journalists have been killed. Nine in 10 cases remain unpunished. Impunity reigns. Hundreds of journalists are imprisoned and on a daily basis journalists are attacked, beaten, detained, harassed and threatened. There are growing threats to digital safety with cyber-attacks, hacking, online harassment, especially of women journalists, all creating a safety crisis for news professionals.

It is this – and a growing frustration with a lack of action and, in too many cases, a lack of will to tackle the crisis of impunity – which has driven the IFJ to launch this campaign for an International Convention dedicated to the protection of journalists and media professionals.

What you can do:

Read the draft Convention

Download the Q&A/briefing paper

Add your organisation’s name to support the campaign

Lobby your government and political parties to support the Convention

Invite an IFJ representative to address your meeting to discuss the protection of journalists.

Recent media coverage:

UN-Konvention zum Schutz von Journalisten nach Tötung von Khashoggi gefordert  Welt

Federaţia Internaţională a Jurnaliştilor a lansat o campanie pentru înființarea unei Convenţii internaţionale pentru securitatea şi independenţa jurnaliştilor Stiri Pe Surse

Rights group pushes for U.N. convention to protect journalists Rappler

ONU: campagne pour une Convention internationale pour la sécurité des journalistes RTL info

ONU: campagne pour une Convention internationale pour la sécurité des journalistes L’Express, l’Expansion

Rights group pushes for UN convention to protect journalists New Vision

La FIP promueve Convención Internacional para la seguridad de periodistas La Hora

2 de noviembre, Día Internacional para poner fin a la impunidad de los crímenes contra periodistas Contra Informacion 

ONU lanza campaña por un convenio internacional para la seguridad de periodistas Guate vision

ONU: campagne pour une Convention internationale pour la sécurité des journalistes La Libre

Omani Journalists Association calls for creation of international charter to protect journalists – Times of Oman

Source: https://www.ifj.org/actions/ifj-campaigns/for-a-un-convention-to-protect-journalists

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