A UN Women report warns of rising online abuse targeting women, driving self-censorship, mental health harm, and exposing major gaps in global legal protections.

Deepfakes, harassment, fear: UN report highlights dark reality women journalists face online

Two women journalists in Iran have been sentenced to prison and will spend around a month in jail as part of a three-year partly suspended lockup sentence over "conspiracy" and "collusion", said the local media reports on Sunday (September 3).

Iran: Two female journalists sentenced to prison over 'conspiracy and collusion'

Three Iranian female journalists who are currently detained received the UN's top award for press freedom on Tuesday evening "for their commitment to truth and accountability.

Iran: Three women journalists jailed after Mahsa Amini’s death win UN’s top press freedom award

Whether it's editorial leadership or role in news coverage, women continue to be severely under-represented in the media industry and taking the brunt of this are women of colour, shows a new report.

Gender disparity in news: Women, especially of colour, grossly under-represented in leadership and coverage

Nearly three-quarters of female journalists say they have been victims of harassment online and for 20 per cent this has transferred into offline attacks, according to a UNESCO study published Friday.

Three-quarters of female journalists face online abuse: UNESCO

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Tamil Nadu BJP MLA faces flak for sharing offensive post on women journalists

Samira Mouaki was covering the Iraqi frontline. Daniele Pagani wishes he was writing about her in any other circumstance but this one

That Algerian woman war reporter in Iraq

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