3 May is World Press Freedom Day. This is part of a series of IPS features and opinion editorials focused on media freedom globally.
Women journalists in Kabul June 2019. Credit: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)/Fardin Waezi
UNITED NATIONS, May 2 2021 (IPS) - In the contemporary world of journalism, female reporters face a double jeopardy: they are increasingly targeted both as journalists and as women– particularly in repressive regimes and misogynistic societies.
As the United Nations intensifies its campaign for women’s rights worldwide—even as it annually commemorates World Press Freedom Day on May 3 — one of the questions lingering in the minds of women activists is: Is press freedom incompatible with gender empowerment?