Project
Soy Resiliente
The "Soy Resiliente" project of UNESCO empowers women journalists to cope with challenges such as online violence, misogyny, and gender inequality in the workplace. These issues negatively impact the mental health of journalists, so the project also focuses on providing psychological support and creating spaces for emotional well-being and resilience.
In Central America, online violence affects different groups of women unequally, exacerbated by multiple factors such as ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and more. This online violence can take many forms and is particularly harmful to women journalists who are attacked and harassed for their gender and profession. Women belonging to minority groups or having multiple identities face a higher level of violence and aggression online.
Through the "Soy Resiliente" project, 91Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·×ÔÅÄ been carrying out a series of activities to protect women journalists and strengthen the resilience they have demonstrated despite the obstacles and adversities they face in their work.
Associated activities
- Training through the workshop "Psychological First Aid for Women Journalists and Communicators".
- Tours and talks in towns and cities around Central America to raise awareness about the challenges journalists face, the importance of strengthening their mental health and resilience, and the need to incorporate these issues into journalism and communication university curricula.
- Workshops, and in-person and virtual meetings to acquire tools for providing psychological first aid.
Results
- Women journalists acquiring tools for psychological first aid to prepare them to respond to situations, strengthen their skills for psychological intervention, and accumulate knowledge to provide psychosocial support to their colleagues in times of crisis, and the establishment of support networks among women journalists in the region.
