Press Freedom Status For Women Journalists: March 2022

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Written By enes keskin
CFWIJ March Report

Throughout the month of March 2022, the Coalition For Women In Journalism documented 32 cases of violations against women journalists. These included detentions, legal harassment and physical assaults in the field, among other attacks on press freedom and women journalists reporting from different parts of the world. Prominent among them were the increasing risks to women journalists on the frontlines in Ukraine, where Russia’s war rages on.

 
 

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Female journalists under attack as press freedom falters

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Women journalists worldwide are under pressure

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