APPLICATION FORM 

TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS ON REPORTING ABOUT DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

June and October 2015 

Baku, 21 May 2015

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (PCiB) is supporting national authorities, civil society and media of Republic of Azerbaijan in better implementation of the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence. The PCiB’s consultations with the Azerbaijani Press Council and journalist community in this regard attest to the need to enhance capacities of journalist to integrate best practices from other countries when preparing media reports about domestic and gender-based violence.

The training’s purpose is to support media outlets and journalists in Azerbaijan to better understand the phenomena of domestic and gender-based violence. The training will contribute to enhancing journalists’ professional skills and raise awareness on ethical considerations when reporting about domestic and gender-based violence.

There will be two trainings organized: one for Baku-based journalist in June 2015 and the other for journalists based in the regions in October 2015. A total of 40 journalists will be selected to attend the trainings (20 journalists for each training session). The participants will be engaged in interactive teaching methods and will be asked to write a story on domestic and gender-based violence in Azerbaijan. 

Interested journalists can fill in this application and send to the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku by 5 June 2015 (e-mail: Aygun.Huseynli@osce.org) A panel consisting of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku and the Azerbaijani Press Council will review the application and select participants for each training session.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: 
		
Surname:
		
Media organization: 		
E-mail: 
		
Telephone/mobile:

TRAINING EVENT

Did you ever attend training sessions on reporting about domestic and gender-based violence? If yes, please provide details.		
For which training event you are applying?
	
		Baku-based journalists training (June 2015)
		Region’s journalists training (October 2015)

MOTIVATION 

Please elaborate your journalistic experience in reporting about domestic and gender-based violence in Azerbaijan?
		
What motivates you to take part in this training?