Gender Justice: Advancing Pluralism and Free Speech For All
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Gender equality and the right to freedom of opinion and expression as well as media freedom are mutually reinforcing, and closely linked to the advancement of comprehensive security and the strengthening of democratic societies. The event “Gender Justice: Advancing Pluralism and Free Speech For All” aims to identify transformative change to remove systemic inequalities, barriers and discrimination in view of achieving gender justice and an enabling environment for pluralism and freedom of expression for all.
The event will consist of two panels. The first session “Freedom of Expression and Gender Justice” will discuss the 2022 Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and Gender Justice and explore approaches for the elimination of discrimination and prejudice, ensuring access to information, averting gender-specific restrictions on expression, addressing online sexual and gender-based violence, and human rights due diligence. The speakers will be:
- Teresa Ribeiro, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
- Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- Sara Macharia, General Secretary of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG)
- Lucina di Meco, Vice President, Room to Read; Co-Founder, #ShePersisted
The second session “Online threats against women journalists” will explore specific threats targeting women journalists, and present three policy papers focusing on online rape threats, digital security hazards and targeted disinformation. The panel will assess how various attacks against journalists disproportionally affect women, especially those with intersecting identities, and how to address these trends. The panel will include:
- Dubravka Šimonović, Jurist and former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
- Courtney Radsch, Fellow, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for International Governance Innovation
- Arzu Geybullayeva, Journalist
- Silvia Chocarro, Head of Protection of Journalists, ARTICLE 19
The discussions will be facilitated by Julia Haas from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
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