IG Live with Katarzyna Mierzejewska And Nora Wehofsits
📌 #December17: Our engagement coordinator @katia_mierzejewska will be discussing with press freedom expert Nora Wehofsits about the current environment and decline in press freedom in Europe. Tune in on InsaLIVE on December 17, at 2:00 PM CET/8:00 AM EST
IG Live with Katarzyna Mierzejewska And Paisley Dodds
📌#Wednesday: Our engagement coordinator @katia_mierzejewska will be discussing with Paisley Dodds, investigations editor at The New Humanitarian, about being a female investigative journalist, covering sexual abuse and corruption. During UN #16daysofactivismagainstgenderbasedviolence, CFWIJ will be organizing several events to highlight violence against #women #journalists. Keep following us! Tune in on IG on Wednesday, at 8:00 AM EST/2:00 PM CET
IG Live with Katarzyna Mierzejewska And Paula Maria Saucedo Ruiz
📌 #Tuesday: Our engagement coordinator @katia_mierzejewska will be discussing with journalist Paula Maria Saucedo Ruiz about the challenges that women journalists are facing everyday and and violence against #WomenInJournalism in #Mexico. Tune in on InsaLIVE on December 8, at 4:00 PM CET/10:00 AM EST.
Combating Violence Against Women Journalists
To conclude the 16 days of combating Violence Against Women, we will organize a webinar to discuss forms of VAW journalists and their consequences.
The webinar should end with a set of recommendations that will be submitted to the UN mechanisms.
The webinar will be held on Monday, December 7, 2020, at 6:00 PM GMT.
Speakers will discuss violence against women journalists, the aftermath of the COVID-19 breakout, and the next steps for female reporters to combat different forms of violence online and offline. The webinar is part of a comprehensive campaign over 16 days that include social media campaign, thread, statement, and discussions with journalists about VAW consequences.
Speakers:
Kiran Nazish (Moderator): Founder of CFWIJ, Stanley Knowles Distinguished Professor at Brandon University
Asma Shirazi: Veteran journalist, Winner of Peter Mackler Award of Courage, CFWIJ member in Pakistan
Nazenin Ansari: Managing Editor of Kayhan-London and Kayhan-Life publications
Kirstin McCudden: Managing director of US Press Freedom Tracker
Shaimaa Abo Elkhier: Advocacy officer in Committee For Justice
Nasta Zakharevich: Belarussian freelance journalist
It will be streamed on CFWIJ’s Youtube and Facebook accounts.