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Femicide — the intentional murder of women because they are women — is a global problem. According to the UN’s latest estimates, 50,000 women and girls are killed each year by intimate partners or other family members. GIJN’s latest resource aims to help journalists understand what femicide is, find and understand the data available, and suggest which experts to interview.
In March 2022, GIJN published an updated guide for Female-Identifying journalists. We will stop updating the current page.
Women journalists often face unique challenges while doing their jobs.
At GIJC21, a panel of editors and newsroom leaders currently at the helm of leading investigative journalism organizations around the world detailed how they had risen to the top despite the challenges facing women in many newsrooms, and gave tips for female investigative reporters.
As parts of the world endure record-breaking temperatures, a highlight from the world of data journalism this week involves an analysis of how “heat islands” in Canadian cities vary based on economic strata. Our weekly Top Ten in Data Journalism also looks at the global spread of Pegasus spyware, digital inequity in the US, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affects school children in Latin America.
Female-identifying journalists often encounter obstacles, whether when they’re out reporting or even back in their newsrooms. GIJN has gathered resources for female-identifying journalists that want to connect, handle harassment, and address discrimination issues. We also provide advice and tips from great women investigative journalists that will serve as inspiration.
অনুসন্ধানী সাংবাদিক হিসেবে কাজ করাটা এমনিতেই কঠিন; নারীদের জন্য আরো বেশি। কারণ তাদের মুখোমুখি হতে হয় কর্মক্ষেত্রে বৈষম্য, হয়রানিসহ নানারকমের বাধা-বিপত্তির। কিন্তু বিশ্বের নানা প্রান্তে এসব বাধাকে জয় করেই অনুসন্ধান করে যাচ্ছেন নারী সাংবাদিকরা। জন্ম দিচ্ছেন অসামান্য সব রিপোর্ট। কিভাবে তারা সামাল দিচ্ছেন ব্যক্তি ও কর্মজীবনের এসব বাধাকে? পড়ুন এই লেখা, যা আপনাকেও অনুপ্রেরণা যোগাবে।
More and more women muckrakers are breaking important stories around the world. But despite increasing numbers and, to a lesser degree, more senior women in the business, there is still a lot to be done to fight inequality and discrimination.
As the Chinese Communist Party tightens its grip on the news media, investigative journalism has suffered a heavy toll, disappearing from China’s newsrooms. But the recent outpouring of #MeToo reporting in China has signaled the emergence of a new genre of investigative journalism. One that is marked by a wave of user-generated content, with professional journalists serving as aggregators and fact-checkers, in addition to performing traditional reporting tasks such as deep reporting and writing.
In Russia, veteran human rights activist Leonid Agafonov and journalist Natalia Donskova have teamed up to create a series of investigative reports on life for women behind bars. The project covers taboo topics, spanning health issues like the treatment of cancer patients and childbirth in prison to sexual abuse and LGBT relationships.
Women muckrakers are breaking important stories around the world, but there are still relatively few female investigative journalists. To help them find communities and support, GIJN has compiled a comprehensive list of global resources designed for women journalists.