The Safeguarding Women’s Voices: Enhancing Gender-Responsive Safety Strategies action, led by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) and UNESCO, aims to support media outlets in different regions, with a focus on the Global South, to strengthen safety policies to address threats based on gender.
Participating newsrooms will benefit from the following:
- One-to-one consultations with safety experts to identify an action plan for each newsroom.
- The guidance of safety experts to develop, strengthen and monitor safety protocols to address threats based on gender.
- Access to existing resources such as adaptable policy templates and real-life newsroom policy examples.
- Customized safety trainings for newsroom leaders and journalists.
How to apply:
Please note that this opportunity is only for organizations/newsrooms. It is not for individual journalists. If you are an individual journalist seeking safety resources, please see our opportunities listed here.
All types of media outlets and newsrooms are eligible, including but not limited to: print, TV, radio, internet, magazine, nonprofit, and commercial.
Only newsrooms from the following countries can apply for this opportunity:
- Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Guatemala, Guyana, and Nicaragua
- Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia
- Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Timor-Leste
- Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia, Namibia
- Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco
Deadline: January 10, 2025
A total of 22 newsrooms will be selected by early February 2025.
If you are a newsroom committed to promoting the safety of women journalists and developing gender-responsive safety policies, please apply. We highly encourage newsrooms that are based in a high risk environment and/or do not have access to safety resources to apply for this opportunity.
The IWMF is accepting applications in English, Spanish, French and Arabic.
Please reach out to programs@iwmf.org if you have any questions or accessibility needs.
