Safeguarding Women’s Voices: Enhancing Gender-Responsive Safety Strategies

The Safeguarding Women’s Voices: Enhancing Gender-Responsive Safety Strategies action, led by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) and UNESCO, aims to support media outlets in different regions, with a focus on the Global South, to strengthen safety policies to address threats based on gender.

A global study of online violence against women journalists, conducted by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and supported by UNESCO, found that nearly 73% of women journalists have experienced online violence. From online harassment, abuse, and trolling to physical assault, these attacks target women for their journalistic work and gender, highlighting the urgent need for tailored approaches to ensuring the safety and well-being of women journalists.

Eligibility

For the Safeguarding Women’s Voices

• All types of media outlets and newsrooms are eligible, including but not limited to: print, TV, radio, internet, magazine, nonprofit, and commercial.
• They highly encourage newsrooms that are based in a high risk environment and/or do not have access to safety resources to apply for this opportunity.

Eligible Countries

• Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Guyana
• 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

Benefits

• 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 safety protocols to address threats based on gender.
• Access to existing resources such as adaptable policy templates and real-life newsroom policy examples.
• Customised safety trainings for newsroom leaders and journalists.

Application guidelines

The deadline for applications is January 11, 2025. For more information and to apply, please click here.