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GAMAG EUROPA calls for an immediate end to the…

The European chapter of the Global Alliance for Media and Gender (GAMAG EUROPE, GE) joins the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in calling for a transparent, international investigation of recent killings of female journalists worldwide.

ONU / Shirin Yaseen
A billboard at the Al-Manara roundabout in Ramallah with a photo of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

On May 11, Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by Israeli soldiers while covering a raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin. The death of the Al Jazeera veteran has sparked international condemnation, as well as grief in the Arab world and beyond. Later, footage seen worldwide showed Israeli police officers using batons to beat mourners carrying the journalist’s coffin during the funeral procession, causing the coffin to fall out of the hands of some pallbearers.

Abu Akleh’s death was only the latest of several female journalists around the world.

In MEXICO, in the municipality of Cosoleacaque, in the state of Veracruz, Yesenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana García were murdered inside a vehicle. Mollinedo Falconi was the editor of the online news site El Veraz, and García had worked as a reporter for the outlet for six months.

Mollinedo Falconi had reportedly received a telephone threat, warning her to stop investigating the police force.

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In Santiago, CHILE, armed individuals opened fire on a demonstration on Workers’ Day, killing Francisca Sandoval. She was shot in the face while covering the protest for Canal Seña 3. Three other journalists were injured in the crossfire.

Meanwhile, in UKRAINE, journalist Vera Girich from Radio Liberty, was killed when a Russian missile hit the house where she lived in Kyiv.

Likewise, in AFGHANISTAN, three female journalists, all working for the Afghan television network Enikass TV, were shot dead in two attacks in the east of the country, in Jalalabad. The events occurred in the context of a targeted assassination campaign against media professionals and activists, designed to frighten civil society.

The first victim, Mursal Habibi, was shot dead as she returned home, whilst media workers Sadia Sadat and Shanaz Roafi were killed as they left work.

As a body committed to defending basic freedoms, equality, diversity and human rights, GAMAG Europe calls upon the governments of the countries involved, the EU, European governments, and other international bodies, to undertake thorough investigations of these murders and make sure justice prevails.

Gamag Europe / 15 May 2022

GAMAG EUROPA pide el fin inmediato de los asesinatos…

El capítulo europeo de la Alianza Global para Medios y Género (GAMAG EUROPA, GE) se une a la Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) y Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF) para pedir una investigación internacional transparente de los recientes asesinatos de mujeres periodistas en todo el mundo.

ONU / Shirin Yaseen
Una valla publicitaria en la rotonda de Al-Manara, en Ramala, con una foto de la periodista palestina Shireen Abu Akleh.

El 11 de mayo, la periodista PALESTINA Shireen Abu Akleh fue asesinada a tiros por soldados israelíes mientras cubría una redada en la ciudad ocupada de Jenin, en Cisjordania. La muerte de la veterana periodista de Al Jazeera ha provocado la condena internacional, así como un gran dolor en el mundo árabe y a nivel internacional. Más tarde, imágenes vistas en todo el mundo mostraban a policías israelíes usando porras para golpear a los desconsolados que llevaban el ataúd de la periodista durante la procesión fúnebre, lo que provocó que el ataúd casi se cayera de las manos de algunos portadores del féretro.

La muerte de Abu Akleh ha sido solo la última de varias mujeres periodistas en todo el mundo.

En MÉXICO en el municipio de Cosoleacaque, en el estado de Veracruz, Yesenia Mollinedo Falconi y Sheila Johana García han sido asesinadas en el interior de un vehículo. Mollinedo Falconi era la editora del digital de noticias El Veraz, y García había trabajado como reportera para el medio durante seis meses.

Según distintas informaciones, Mollinedo Falconi había recibido una amenaza telefónica advirtiéndole que dejara de investigar a la policía.

En Santiago de Chile, individuos armados abrieron fuego contra una manifestación el Día del Trabajador, matando a la periodista Francisca Sandoval. Recibió un disparo en el rostro mientras cubría la protesta para Canal Seña 3 y Francisca murió al cabo de unos días. Otros tres periodistas resultaron heridos en el fuego cruzado.

Mientras tanto, en UCRANIA la periodista Vera Girich de Radio Liberty, murió cuando un misil ruso impactó en la casa donde vivía en Kiev.

Asimismo, en AFGANISTÁN, tres mujeres periodistas, todas ellas de la cadena de televisión afgana Enikass TV, fueron asesinadas a tiros en dos atentados en el este del país, en Jalalabad. Los hechos ocurrieron en el contexto de una campaña de asesinatos selectivos de los talibanes contra profesionales de los medios y activistas, diseñada para atemorizar a la sociedad civil.

La primera víctima, Mursal Habibi, fue asesinada a tiros cuando regresaba a casa, mientras que las trabajadoras de los medios de comunicación Sadia Sadat y Shanaz Roafi fueron asesinadas cuando salían del trabajo.

Como organismo comprometido con la defensa de las libertades básicas, la libertad de expresión, la igualdad, la diversidad y los derechos humanos, GAMAG Europa hace un llamamiento a los gobiernos de los países involucrados, a la UE, a los gobiernos europeos y otros organismos internacionales para que investiguen exhaustivamente estos asesinatos y se aseguren que prevalece la justicia .

Gamag Europa / 15-5-2022

Engendering mechanisms for the protection of journalists. New research…

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GAMAG EUROPA: ¡¡¡ 8M, que callen las armas !!!

GAMAG EUROPE: March 8,

let the weapons shut up!!!

Europe, March 8, 2022

This March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD 2022), will be different for Ukrainian and Russian women journalists and communicators. It will be an IWD under the bombs, fear, death, and for this reason, more than ever, they will raise their voices for life and for peace.

And by their side we will be the voices of the women and men of GAMAG EUROPA (GE). Voices defending life and rising up against all violence against women and free and sovereign peoples.

This IWD we make our own the words freedom, equality and peace, because we have opted for the lives of people and the planet. We reject patriarchy and machism, which are synonymous with violence. From GE we stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian and Russian journalists and communicators –-especially when the latter try to report the reality under Putin’s censorship– who defend freedom of expression and journalism and, with it, the truth.

Putin has launched an ordeal to the world, and women will not follow him. He hates the freedom that we defend in Europe: freedom of expression, freedom towards our bodies and our lives, equality between men and women, equal work and equal pay. That is why we raise our voice in solidarity with independent journalists in Russia and Ukraine, in solidarity with the mothers of the fallen soldiers and women caught in the conflict, and say NO TO WAR!

From GAMAG EUROPE we urge all the politicians and the media to work for PEACE in Europe and all over the world. And we wish an International Women’s Day, this IWD 2022, that our Russian and Ukrainian colleagues can celebrate with peace and not with war.

GAMAG EUROPA: ¡¡¡ 8M,

que callen las armas !!!

Europa, 8 de marzo de 2022

Este 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer, será distinto para las mujeres periodistas y comunicadoras ucranianas y rusas. Será un 8M bajo las bombas, el miedo, la muerte, y por ello, más que nunca, alzarán la voz por la vida y por la paz.

Y a su lado estaremos las voces de las mujeres y los hombres de GAMAG EUROPA (GE). Voces defendiendo la vida y levantándose contra todas las violencias hacia las mujeres y los pueblos libres y soberanos.

Este 8M hacemos nuestras las palabras libertad, igualdad y paz, porque hemos apostado por la vida de las personas y del planeta. Rechazamos el patriarcado y el machismo, que son sinónimos de violencia. Desde GE nos solidarizamos con las periodistas y comunicadoras ucranianas y rusas –máxime cuando éstas intentan informar de la realidad bajo la censura de Putin– que defienden la libertad de expresión y el periodismo y, con ello, la verdad.

Putin ha lanzado un órdago al mundo, y las mujeres no le seguiremos. Detesta la libertad que defendemos en Europa: libertad de expresión, libertad hacia nuestros cuerpos y nuestras vidas, igualdad entre hombres y mujeres, igualdad de trabajo y de salarios. Por eso levantamos nuestra voz en solidaridad con las periodistas independientes de Rusia y Ucrania, en solidaridad con las madres de los soldados caídos y las mujeres atrapadas en el conflicto, y decimos ¡NO A LA GUERRA!

Desde GAMAG EUROPA instamos a todos los políticos y medios de comunicación a trabajar por la PAZ en Europa y en todo el mundo. Y deseamos un Día Internacional de la Mujer, este 8M de 2022, que nuestras compañeras rusas y ucranianas puedan celebrar con paz y no con guerra.

GAMAG Europe: NO to war!

The European section of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender, GAMAG, reaffirms its call for dialogue and peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

After Russia’s attack on Ukraine that aggravates the conflict between the two countries, GAMAG Europe (GE) expresses its resounding NO to war! and reaffirms its firm call for dialogue and peace as essential elements of the human rights that our organization defends. In accordance with our fundamental values, we emphasize the importance of the citizen’s right to information and communication, which demands the utmost respect for the truth of the facts and which in no way supports –and less now– warmongering rhetoric and propaganda.

GAMAG Europe considers it essential that information professionals be able to report on the conflict and its context with the utmost freedom and without pressure.

Now more than ever, GAMAG Europe considers it essential that information professionals be able to report on the conflict and its context with the utmost freedom and without pressure. Public opinion needs truthful and reliable information about what is happening in Ukraine, especially when we know that war is never a solution to problems, but rather aggravates them and only causes destruction, death and immense collective pain.

As professionals in journalism and academia, GAMAG Europe defends freedom of expression and the undistorted account of history to build –with respect and without violence– a world in freedom, in which equality, pluralism and diversity are guaranteed. At GE we work for gender equality in and through the media, we denounce discrimination against women and we strongly reject any biased media representation that transmit a distorted image of their abilities and contributions to society.

Beyond the opinions and interpretations of the crisis and its geopolitical arguments, beyond the political and strategic analyzes of the actions of Putin, NATO or the Ukrainian Government, GAMAG Europe strongly supports peace and warns against any temptation to turn the media into loudspeakers for warmongering propaganda. In the face of aggressive rhetoric, we advocate for constructive dialogue. In the face of disqualifying insult, we advocate for calm reasoning and understanding. In the face of misinformation and false news that have proliferated throughout the crisis and in all directions, we advocate for journalistic rigor and truthful and verified information.

Although our appeals sometimes fall into the void of government irresponsibility, every day there are more, we are more, the voices that call for peace. And among those voices it is worth highlighting calls such as the one made jointly by independent women from the United States and Russia who had spent a year debating the need for nuclear disarmament. In an open letter to politicians, journalists, women and men from both countries, they have demanded that peace be preserved in order to build a common future and a better and safer world. And they have launched a special appeal to the media “so that they stop fanning the flames of war” and fulfill their ethical journalistic responsibility to highlight the high price in blood and human lives of armed conflicts.

At GAMAG Europe we will not tire of repeating: NO to war! YES to dialogue and peace!