Norma Saliba, the head of PBS News, was subjected to sexist slurs by controversial commentator Leone Ganado. His comments were posted during a live stream Norma was hosting with Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech. Leone made sexist remarks directed at Norma and later called her a political prostitute. Norma filed a complaint with the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) and requested Leone retract his hurtful comments. After widespread criticism, Leone issued an apology and swore to never cross the line in the future. CFWIJ condemns the humiliation Leone Ganado inflicted on Norma, and we hope he will sincerely stand by his apology.

Reporter Lauren Boothby was harassed by a group of miscreants while on duty. The situation would have become dangerous since one of the men among the group has already been charged with engaging in hate crimes. According to Laura, the police was not on the scene at the time of the incident.

Tucker Carlson attempted to underplay the violence that women journalists face by targeting The New York Times reporter, Taylor Lorenz. The day after the International Women’s Day, Loren took to twitter to urge her audience to believe women who come forward with allegations of sexual harassment, citing the emotional toll such experiences has taken on her.

Patricia Campos, a columnist and correspondent, for the Brazilian daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, won her libel case against President Bolsonaro's son on February 18. Eduardo Bolsonaro had accused the journalist of seducing a source to acquire compromising information about his father. The judge ordered Eduardo Bolsonaro to pay damages amounting to $5600 for slandering the journalist and questioning her professional ethics. CFWIJ welcomes the decision and hopes it will set a precedent to end the pervasive harassment against women journalists in Brazil.

Investigative journalist Lindsay Nielsen revealed that she faced threats and damaging harassment by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration. Later, the journalist decided to leave News10, giving the fact that the attacks she faced were one of the reasons for leaving her job. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) is utterly dismayed by these vicious attacks against Lindsay. We stand with her and appreciate the journalist’s dedicated work and effort by the time she came across mistreatment from the governor’s team.

Journalist and managing editor for “NayaDaur Media'', Ailia Zahra endured misogynistic and sexist remarks from infamous Pakistani writer Khalil ur Rehman Qamar. Alia was invited as a panelist in a T.V. show on Saturday, February 20. During the discussion, Mr. Khalil ur Rehman started yelling at the journalist. When he was countered for his tone, the writer put down his mike and left the live show. Reportedly he also labeled Ailia, a RAW agent while leaving the premises. The incident was followed by a vicious online campaign with threats and abuse against the journalist. CFWIJ condemns the writer’s sick behaviour and urges press regulation bodies in the country to take substantial steps to bar him from T.V appearances.

Dünya Gazetesi bölge temsilcisi Recep Şenyurt’un bir yıl boyunca gazete bünyesinde çalışan kadın çalışanları defalarca sözlü olarak taciz ettiği öğrenildi. Ortaya çıkan taciz vakalarının ardından önce gazeteye sonra da taciz beyanında bulunan kadın gazeteciye manevi tazminat davası açan Şenyurt’un başvurusu mahkemece reddedildi. Gazetecilikte Kadın Koalisyonu (CFWIJ) olarak mahkeme kararını memnuniyetle karşılıyoruz. Erkek egemenliğin ve eril dilin hükmettiği medya kuruluşlarını sağduyuya ve kadın meslektaşlarına saygı duymaya çağırıyoruz.

Dünya Newspaper regional representative Recep Şenyurt verbally harassed his female colleagues for a year. Resigning after his abuse, Şenyurt also disgracefully sued for defamation case against the female journalist who revealed the incident. The court dismissed the case against the woman journalist. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ), welcomes the court decision. We call on media outlets which are ruled by male domination to respect their female colleagues. Women journalists exist. They will continue to do their job.

Founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party, as well as a convicted war criminal, Vojislav Šešelj verbally abused journalist Nataša Miljanović-Zubac. Nataša was targeted on live television during the politician’s January 30 appearance on the Weekend Morning show on Happy TV. The Coalition For Women In Journalism stands in solidarity with Nataša during this tumultuous time

Minister for Equalities, Kemi Badenoch, attempted to publicly rebuke journalist Nadine White for essentially doing her job. Nadine had approached her in January inquiring about her participation in the vaccine campaign of the United States. Badenoch published the correspondence on the social media campaign, resulting in abuse towards Nadine.

A press conference was held at the Guwahati Press Club by film producer Umashankar Jha and actor Uttam Singh. Reportedly, when the journalist inquired a few questions about the film, she was verbally abused in front of everyone. Later on, when she and another photojournalist went to the duo to ask about their misbehaviour, they assaulted her. The journalist has filed a police complaint about the incident. CFWIJ is utterly dismayed by the mistreatment shown to the woman journalist. We offer her our full support and solidarity.

CBC journalist Katie Nicholson was reporting live when she was suddenly swarmed by a mob of angry Trump supporters. Meagan Fitzpatrick, a Toronto resident, shared a video on Twitter where Katie Nicholson can be seen helpless while hostile Trump supporters gather around her, hurling insults. Katie and her crew stood their ground but were unable to continue reporting amidst the threatening chaos.

The guest of Dnevnik N1 television on October 14 was the director of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases Alemka Markotić, who talked to reporter Matea Dominiković about the great growth of newly infected people in Croatia. However, just before appearing live on Dnevnik N1, N1 TV crew and professor Markotić were verbally attacked by a young couple.

Sidra Ghyas, a Lahore based Samaa TV reporter, was verbally and physically assaulted by accomplices of a religious scholar called Allama Zubair Ahmed Zaheer. The scholar is deemed to be self proclaimed, and was found to be instructing men to attack the journalist. She was going home after work when the incident happened. Sidra filed a First Information Report (FIR) after the incident.

Russian journalist Elena Milashina has been verbally attacked by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, during a live broadcast on Instagram on April 13. He resorted to personal attacks and threatened Elena for her “provocative” reporting on the state of Covid-19 in Chechnya. The Coalition For Women In Journalism denounces Kadyrov’s attempt to disregard Elena’s reporting at a time when the work of journalists around the world is most needed.