FMETU Capacity Audit workshop – 2023 Leading activities (PHOTOS)
IFJ‐UTU Global Union Strengthening Program – 2023
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India: Maharashtra journalist targeted in hit and run
Maharashtra-based journalist Shashikant Warishe has been killed by a local realty broker hours after releasing a report alleging the broker had engaged in illegal land grabbing and was connected to senior Indian politicians. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns this brutal killing of a journalist for their reporting and urges the authorities to bring all perpetrators to swift justice.
“Plight of Professional Journalism in Sri Lanka”-UTU project Press Conference
Under the guidance and support of the IFJ-International Federation of journalists, FMETU conducted a Union to Union project with the participation of more than 350 journalists around the country. It was held in different methods such as introducing a google form to collect data on the journalists and create a Database, conducting a workshop for young journalists about Mobile journalism and they made 15 videos that reviewed the Professionalism and the rights of journalists through these videos. On the 1st of December 2022, a press conference was held at the Rainbow Institute to release the said report to the media.
“Orange the world: Unite to end violence against women!”
Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent, and devastating human rights violations in our world today and remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma, and shame surrounding it.
In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual, and psychological forms, encompassing: intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide); sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment); human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation); female genital mutilation; and child marriage.
To further clarify, the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993, defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”
While gender-based violence can happen to anyone, anywhere, some women and girls are particularly vulnerable – for instance, young girls and older women, women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex, migrants and refugees, indigenous women and ethnic minorities, or women and girls living with HIV and disabilities, and those living through humanitarian crises.
In support of a global campaign and to contribute locally to end Gender Based Violence in Sri Lanka, the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has decided to host a roundtable discussion to discuss Gender and Media issues in Sri Lanka. The meeting will be held on 1st December 2022, at Gallery Cafe with participation by female editors, members of the parliamentary women’s caucus, and representatives of the media organizations in Sri Lanka.
Forward Stride in Safeguarding Sri Lankan Journalists’ Rights FMETU-IFJ-UTU 2022 Program
The Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions, FMETU is pleased to announce a major stride forward in its efforts to protect journalists’ rights and enhance professionalism amongst Journalists in Sri Lanka
This is facilitated by FMETU – IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) Union-to-Union program 2022.
The primary objective of the FJ-UTU 2022 program is to strengthen the professional rights of FMETU member journalists and media workers. In this context, we are collecting information on the professional status of a representative sample of journalists, island-wide and presenting this information through an online database.
The project also facilitates us to empower young journalists by linking them with senior journalists and discussing with them about professional rights and responsibilities of journalists and the role of media trade unions. The young journalists are being empowered further by training them on mobile journalism and supporting them to produce 15 short videos on professional issues.
The IFJ-UTU support program for strengthening regional media organizations is managed annually by the IFJ Asia Pacific office. The main objective of the program is to equip members with the necessary knowledge and skills to play an effective role as a trade union in the new global digital economy. The program is designed to educate journalists and media workers in order to lobby and stand up for the basic professional rights of journalists.
FMETU kicked off the project to empower members with two webinars in the local languages, Sinhala and Tamil languages with the participation of 300 journalists from all over the country.
On September 3, the training on mobile journalism will be conducted through a full-day workshop. The lead resource person is Dr. Sameera Thilakawardena, Ph.D., a Communications expert, specializing in digital media and cinema.
After the training, 15 investigative videos on professional issues and challenges faced by journalists and media workers will be produced and shared through the fmetu.org website.
At the conclusion of the program, an analytical report on the professional issues and challenges of journalists will be released on the internet through fmetu.org. The Federation of Media Employees Trade Union also intends to present this report to the relevant Government authorities and lobby for critical changes.
The Secretary of the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions told fmetu.org that the primary objective of this program is to establish a group of professional journalists who are entitled to social security and other rights enjoyed by employees in Sri Lanka.
FMETU invites journalists who are interested in joining the campaign to register their support by logging on to the link https://tinyurl.com/FMETU-PROFILE before 5 September 2022
The newly elected members of the IFJ Executive Committee #IFJCongress2022
The 31st World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists was took place from May 31 until June 3 in Muscat, Oman. Over 250 participants representing journalists’ unions and associations from 92 countries will attend the Congress, with key themes including the surveillance of journalists and action to end impunity for crimes against media workers.
IFJ General Secretary, Anthony Bellanger, said: “The IFJ has a strong history of international journalist federations across the world. The Asia Pacific region was the missing piece. We hope the Federation of Asia Pacific Journalists (FAPaJ) will be a strong platform for journalists and media workers in this diverse and important region.”
The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries
Twitter: @ifjasiapacific, on Facebook: IFJAsiaPacific and Instagram
| President | Dominique Pradalié
SNJ – France
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| Senior Vice President
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Zuliana Lainez Otero
ANP – Peru
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| Vice-President s
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Nasser Abu Baker / Sabina Inderjit
PJS – Palestine/ Indian Journalists Union
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| Honorary-
Treasurer
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Jim Boumelha
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) |
| Advisers | Mohamed Al Araimi
OJA – Oman
Dhairan Almutairi KJA – Kuwait
Maria José Braga FENAJ – Brazil
Larry Goldbetter NWU – USA
Adriana Hurtado FECOLPER – Colombia
Mohamed Yassine Jelassi SNJT – Tunisia
Joachim Kreibich dju in verdi – Germany
Raffaele Lorusso FNSI – Italy
Filemón Medina Sindicato de Periodistas de Panama
Marion Medjo Obam SNJC – Cameroon
Luis Menendez FAPE – Spain
Jennifer Moreau UNIFOR – Canada
Omar Faruk Osman NUSOJ – Somalia
Adam Portelli MEAA – Australia
Maria Luisa Rogério SJA – Angola
Ali Youssef ORLB – Lebanon |
| Reserve Advisers
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Africa
1st Eduardo Constantino SNJ – Mozambique 2nd Stephen Ouma Bwire UJU – Uganda
Asia
– Rashid Al Hamer BJA – Bahrain – Mohammed Al Hammadi JA – UAE
Europe
1st Serhiy Shturkhetskyy IMTUU – Ukraine
Latin America
1st Jose Altagracia Guzman Beato SNTP – Dominican Republic 2nd Domingo Vargas FENATRAMCO – Chile
Oceania
1st Karen Percy MEAA – Australia 2nd Leigh Tonkin MEAA – Australia |
| General Reserve Advisers
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1st
Indira Priyadarshini Nawagamuwa FMETU – Sri Lanka 2nd Wanchi You ATJ – Taiwan
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The 31st IFJ World Congress Muscat -Oman
The 31st IFJ World Congress was held at the Convention hall of the Muscat Oman from 31st May 2022 to 03rd June,2022.
The 31st May 2022 was a very significant day for Asia Pacific Region. After years of struggle it was able to establish a Federation for Asia Pacific Region called FAPaJ.
The FAPaJ becomes the fourth IFJ regional group after the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and the Federación de Periodistas de América Latina y el Caribe (FEPALC) and comprises representatives from the Pacific, Western Asia, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia and Central Asia.
Federation of Asia Pacific Journalists Chaired by Ms. Sabina Indrajith and the rest of the executive will be as Follows:
Chairman : Ms. Sabina Inderjit, General-Secretary of the India Journalists Union (IJU) and IFJ Vice President, was elected as the first FAPaJ president.
Vice Chairman : Mr. Salem Al Jahwari was elected as FAPaJ Vice President .
Mr. Mousa Abdul Nour, Ali Yousef, Mohammad Alhammadi, Leigh Tonkin, Jonathan De Santos and Badri Sigdel elected as members of the Executive Committee.