UNESCO and Thomson Reuters Foundation launched practical guides on the safety of women journalists

The Thomson Reuters Trust Conference during two days on 17 and 18 November explored different challenges to media viability and media freedom. The second day of the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s annual flagship event saw a focus on media freedom, exploring the link between media sustainability and media independence, emerging digital rights risks in the Global South and online harassment against women journalists. On the occasion of the conference, the Thomson Reuters Foundation and UNESCO launched a set of two practical guidelines: Gender-sensitive Safety Policies for Newsrooms and a Practical Guide for Women Journalists on How…

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A ‘Slave-Made’ Pair Of Sneakers Brings The Fight Against Slavery To A Millennial Audience

A video by YouTube influencer Jacques Slade – unveiling a pair of ‘slave-made’ trainers-has reached a huge new audience in a campaign aimed at bringing the issue of modern slavery to younger consumers. Under the tagline ‘Unboxing the real price of sneakers’ the campaign by the Thomson Reuters Foundation sees Jacques Slade – whose YouTube videos regularly reach more than 1.5 million people – opening a custom-made pair of trainers on camera for the first time. At first glance, the shoes – created in collaboration with The Shoe Surgeon, a…

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