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| May 7, 2021 It’s been 30 years since the Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent and Pluralistic Press was born on May 3, 1991 in Namibia, to support independent media in Africa. The declaration was not only a proud moment for African journalism but inspired the United Nations to launch World Press Freedom Day two years later. Though some countries across the African continent have made press freedom gains since then, many continue to struggle with journalist safety, independence and financial pressures. In this episode, we look at the press freedom challenges f...

| May 3, 2021 We announce the Malawi MFC on a day that media around the world celebrate the advances and take stock of the challenges remaining in the spirit of solidarity that unites our profession. Statement of the Malawi MFC, 3rd May 2021:     “As Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day, WAN-IFRA would like to announce the birth of Malawi’s Media Freedom Committee (MFC). The establishment of MFC Malawi brings to nine the number of such Committees in Africa and 20 in the world. Malawi joins the MFC family together with new Committees in Zimbab...

Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. The report, The Chilling: Global Trends in Online Violence against Women Journalists,  launched as part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event, is ground-breaking because of its size and scope. It records 73% of the women surveyed as having experienced online violence (including death and rape threats). Twenty percent of women journalists said they withdrew from social media interaction because of the threats and vilification from being called “witch”, “hag”, “whore”, “bitch”, and “presstitute” (“press” plus “prostitute”)....

11 May 2021 - Glenda Daniels The online attacks on women journalists are bound to populist politics, disinformation and intersectional discrimination, says Unesco. The report, The Chilling: Global Trends in Online Violence against Women Journalists, and themed “Information as a Public Good”, is ground-breaking because of its size and scope. It records 73% of the women surveyed as having experienced online violence (including death and rape threats). Twenty percent of women journalists said they withdrew from social media interaction because of the threats and vilification from being calle...

Date Time Groups of Friends on Safety of Journalists issue a statement on Press Freedom This joint statement illustrated the importance given by a growing number of Member States to support a free, independent and pluralistic media landscape, and to uphold freedom of expression and freedom of the press as fundamental human rights. The statement notably payed tribute to the African newspapers journalists who met in Windhoek, Namibia in 1991 and produced a statement of press freedom principles, known as the Windhoek Declaration. On the 30-year anniversary of this Declaration, this joint stateme...