VIENNA, 28 October 2020 – The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is organizing an online event on Tuesday, 2 November to launch a new Resource Guide, which contains action proposals on how to protect the safety of female journalists online...

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MEDIA ADVISORY

OSCE Media Freedom Office to launch new Resource Guide with concrete action proposals to safeguard online safety of female journalists

The Resource Guide entails concrete suggestions for ten stakeholder groups, comprising both State and non-State actors, including the executive and legislative branches of government; the judiciary; law enforcement agencies; intergovernmental organizations; internet intermediaries; media outlets; journalists’ organizations and self-regulatory bodies; civil society organizations and educational institutions; and journalists and media workers. The Guide identifies a way forward, and provides a list of useful resources and examples of existing measures and good practices.

Jürgen Heissel, Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will open the event. This will be followed by a presentation of the Resource Guide by its author Silvia Chocarro, Head of Protection at ARTICLE 19, and a subsequent panel discussion, which will include Hanna Stjärne, Chief Executive Officer at Sweden’s national broadcaster and Thomas Hughes, Director of the Facebook Oversight Board.

The launch event will provide a platform for key stakeholders to discuss the proposed actions to tackle the challenges women journalists are facing online as well as the implications that gender-based online abuse has on the freedom of expression and the quality of our democracies.

The event is organized as the next step in the #SOFJO project, to assist States and non-State actors across the OSCE region to take real action to improve the digital safety of women journalists.

Representatives of the media are invited to attend the entire meeting, which will be held via Zoom from 14:00 to 16:00 hrs CET. Please register for the event here: https://events.osce.org/2020-walk-the-talk-launch/registration/Site/Register.

Find more information here: www.osce.org/representative-on-freedom-of-media/467613

Follow #SOFJO on Twitter for the latest updates on this project.

For PDF attachments or links to sources of further information, please visit: https://www.osce.org/representative-on-freedom-of-media/468660

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