The International News Safety Institute (INSI) has launched a global survey on violence against women journalists in collaboration with the Unesco as part of promotion of the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity.
All news media workers, particularly women journalists, are invited to participate in the survey, which will run till September 20.
The survey is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and was created together with the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), said a Unesco media release.
“In many parts of the world, women are threatened and attacked for the work they do work which, in some cultures and countries, challenges gender stereotypes,” said Hannah Storm, Director of INSI.
According to her, these attacks take the form in sexual assaults, rapes, cyber-bullying, emotional harassment and threats against their loved ones.
The survey itself will contribute to the “UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.”
