Advocacy and support for women & LGBTQI journos. Women Press Freedom reports on violations in 145 countries. Press Queries: website. This account is inactive.
Since January 2022, #CFWIJ has documented 12 murders of women journalists globally. This is the highest number of women journalists killed in a single year. Women in media face death as they work to unearth the truth. #SpeakForHer🧵 
#Türkiye: 49 gündür tutuklu olan gazeteci @SedefKabas'ın 'Cumhurbaşkanına ve kamu görevlilerine hakaret' suçlamasıyla yargılandığı davanın ilk duruşması İstanbul 36. Asliye Ceza Mahkemesinde görülecek. #CFWIJ'den @damlaatarhann davayı takip ediyor. #SedefKabasaÖzgürlük 
Women faced repeated obstruction to their work. 20 women were targeted through an organized troll campaign. While 12 women journalists were attacked in the field. #CFWIJSeptemberReport (2/7)
In 2020, #CFWIJ recorded 716 acts of persecution against women journalists across 92 countries. In the first two months of 2021 alone, we have catalogued 157 cases. #IWDwithCFWIJ
First, let's go to #Canada and remember #EllaCoraHind! A journalist, an activist, and a suffragist. She was turned down for a position as a journalist #ManitobaFreePress, because of being an inexperienced woman journalist. Ella proved them wrong! #HerstorywithCFWIJ (2/8) 
1. #BeirutBlast left at least 100 dead and 4,000 injured, as reported by @RedCrossLebanon. #Lebanon was already in an economic crisis and hospitals were struggling amid #Covid19. We thank health workers on the frontlines for their immense efforts during this devastating time. 
(2/4) On July 24, @indexhu staff resigned enmasse calling it “the end of an era”. They cited outside pressure & warned about the decline of independent reporting. The independent news outlet remains one of #Hungary's most-read & trusted news sources for the past 20 years. 