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Call for Applications: UNESCO and IWMF invite Newsrooms to Safeguard Women's Voices
Too many women journalists around the world face offline and online attacks, putting their safety at risk.
One-third of women journalists have considered , while . From online harassment, sexist hate speech, and trolling to physical assault, these attacks target women for their journalistic work and gender, highlighting the urgent need for tailored, gender-responsive approaches to ensuring the safety and well-being of women journalists.
To address this critical issue, UNESCO and the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) have joined forces to launch Safeguarding Women’s Voices: Enhancing Gender-Responsive Safety Strategies, a new initiative aimed at supporting media outlets in different regions to strengthen inclusive and gender-responsive safety policies.
How to apply
We are inviting newsrooms to apply to this programme. Please note that this call for application is not geared towards individual journalists.
All types of media outlets and newsrooms are eligible, including but not limited to: print, TV, radio, internet, magazine, nonprofit, and commercial.
Only newsrooms from the following countries can apply for this opportunity:
- Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua
- Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia.
- Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Timor-Leste
- Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia, Namibia.
- Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco
Deadline: January 10, 2025
Apply on the IWMF website:
For more information: programs@iwmf.org
Participating newsrooms will benefit from the following:
- One-to-one consultations with safety experts to identify an action plan for each newsroom.
- The guidance of safety experts to develop, strengthen and monitor gender-sensitive safety protocols to address gender-specific threats.
- Access to existing resources such as adaptable policy templates and real-life newsroom policy examples.
- Customized safety trainings for newsroom leaders and journalists.
This activity is supported by the project “Protecting journalists to protect democracy: tackling emergency threats to media freedom” funded by the United States of America.
