SETTING THE GENDER AGENDA FOR COMMUNICATION POLICY

Triple Jeopardy: A Trade Union Perspective on Gender-Based Violence against Women Journalists

Mindy Ran

In 1992, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW, United Nations, 1992) adopted General Recommendation 19 which explains that the prohibition of gender based discrimination includes violence. State parties to CEDAW must take all the necessary measures to eliminate violence, including legal sanctions, civil remedies, preventative measures, (such as public information and education campaigns) and protective measures (such as support services for women and girls who have experienced violence).