Attacks on the Press: Gender and Media Freedom Worldwide - Books

The 2016 edition of CPJ's focusing on gender-based threats to journalists and the media

ECPMF Alarm Centre for Female Journalists under Threat - Support Centres

On 8 March 2016, the ECPMF has created a special Women’s Reporting Point to address and raise awareness on increasing threats against female journalists.

Threats can be reported via encrypted messaging. The secure emails will only be opened by female staff at ECPMF headquarters and their contents will remain confidential. To provide appropriate legal assistance and solidarity to female journalists or media workers who report their cases, ECPMF is partnering with the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its Italian branch FNSI.

The rationale of this support measure stems from the consideration that female journalists are not only attacked because of their profession, they are also threatened because they are women, as pointed out also by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Gender-based threats, such as sexual and abusive comments, threats of rape or publishing pictures and phone numbers on sex and dating websites target women more often than men.  

ECPMF encourages all women to report attacks in order to seek help, but also to make the dimension of attacks against journalists visible: the reported cases will be collected in a database – with details of the woman’s identity removed in order to protect her – as basis of an analysis to show the scale of the problem across Europe.

Union of Journalists in Finland - Support Centres

The Union of Journalists in Finland is a local NGO and Journalist Organization that offers legal, financial and advocacy support to associated members. Staff and freelance journalists, editors, media outlets, NGOs and journalist associations can contact Petri Savolainen, the Director (petri.savolainen@journalistiliitto.fi) or Juha Rekola (juha.rekola@journalistiliitto.fi).

Sindikat medija Crne Gore - Trade Union of Media of Montenegro - Support Centres

Sindikat medija Crne Gore is a Montenigrin Trade Union that offers free legal and advocacy support to associated staff journalists, editors, media outlets and freelance journalists. Contacts: sindikatmedija@usscg.me or +382 20 232 315

The Belarusian Association of Journalists - Support Centres

The Belarusian Association of Journalists offers free legal and advocacy support to associated staff and freelance journalists, editors, media outlets and civic media/bloggers in Belarus. The person to be contacted is Andrus Klikunou via telephone (+375 17) 203-63-66, on the mobile (+375 29) 126-70-98 or via email: press@baj.by

Slovenian Trade Union of Journalists - Support Centres

The Slovenian Trade Union of Journalists provides free legal and advocacy support for associated members in Slovenia. Contact sns@siol.net or + 386 1 426 03 66.

Sindicatul Unit al Salariatilor - Radio Romania - Support Centres

Sindicatul Unit al Salariatilor - Radio Romania is a Trade Union operating in Romania. The organization gives legal and advocacy support to staff journalists and freelance, editors, media outlets, civic media/bloggers; NGOs and journalist associations, based on a "low bono" or low cost fee structure. In order to get help, Adrian Valentin Moise (aesiom@gmail.com or +40742068701) can be contacted.

Media Development Center (North Macedonia) - Support Centres

The Media Development Center (MDC) is a Skopje-based NGO, providing free legal and advocacy support to North Macedonian staff journalists, editors and media outlets. Person to be contacted for help is Dejan Georgievski (dejan@mdc.org.mk or +38978483102).

Lellos P. Demetriades Law Office (Cyprus) - Support Centres

Lellos P. Demetriades Law Office LLC is a private law firm with seat in Cyprus, offering legal and advocacy support to staff and freelance journalists, editors, media outlets, NGOs and journalist associations in Cyprus and all over Europe for a pro-bono fee. The person to be contacted is Achilleas Demetriades (achilleas@ldlaw.com.cy).

Carta di Roma - Stakeholders

The Association Carta di Roma  has been founded in December 2011 in Italy with the goal of implementing the Journalist’s Code of Conduct on immigration, signed by the National Council of Journalists (CNOG) and the National Federation of the Italian Press (FNSI) in June 2008.

Carta di Roma seeks to be a stable reference point for those who work on daily basis with media and minorities issues: journalists, media operators, as well as various institutions, associations and activists involved in promoting and supporting the rights of asylum seekers, refugees, minorities and migrants in the field of media reporting.

The Association's main activities aim to promote respect and guarantee of the rights of asylum seekers, refugees, migrants or minorities, and consist of training activities for media operators; research and monitoring; organisation of discussions and seminars; initiatives and public events aimed to encourage the correct and responsible reporting about immigration, minorities or the right to seek asylum.