Gharidah Farooqi, anchor with private TV channel News One, has been hit with yet another wave of online attacks, inclduding organized online trolling by social media accounts purportedly linked to ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
Kiran Nazish, the founder of CFWIJ and WPF, speaks to The Guardian about the global crackdown on women in journalism.
CFWIJ states that 2023 was the deadliest year for female journalists and the organization draws attention to the increasing dangers to journalism, especially in conflict zones and under authoritarian regimes.
Kurds, refugees, ethnic-religious communities, women and LGBTI+ journalists in Turkey face threats and violence.
Award-winning Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, known for her reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has gone missing.
Menschen Machen Medien speaks with CFWIJ and WPF Director Kiran Nazish about the pressure that women journalists around the world face.
