We have recently witnessed a significant escalation of violence against women, including women media workers, both online and offline, as identified by campaigns such as #metoo and #timesup, and there have been persistent demands by media unions such as the International Federation of Journalists to challenge what many consider to be the unparalleled impunity to target women journalists for simply doing their job. This unit explores some of the issues which contribute to this abusive environment, as well as detailing the ways in which women journalists, media unions and NGOs are fighting back, including through the development of policies, guidelines and training. Although there are no separate GEMTalks in this unit, there are embedded interviews with women journalists in each of the mini-lectures, all of which can also be accessed via the GEMTalks tab from the main menu. Useful resources and readings at the end of the unit.

Instructors: Karen Ross, Claudia Padovani 
Author: Julie Posetti