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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> bounce-927696-108129@lyris.spc.int <bounce-927696-108129@lyris.spc.int> on behalf of Sharon Bhagwan Rolls <sbhagwanrolls@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pacific Women's Information Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [pacwin] Cross-post: Call for Submission for Report on Violence Against Women Journalists</font>
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<span>Special Report on Violence Against Women Journalists</span> </div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dear
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(34,34,34); text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">RE:
</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001pKYYVfpc8POZNGSkHvpu2JUAstW6VzMLO5biy2lXr1jQn36hftyNdo9Q_uzvtQP5jL4XGhmBjsoyqMfWfoVMDfyq8BNuUz_ld9X3w5aq_ABzoNNOxvGX-5Q7EhLxYC4bYfJSRz2EJ7QLfVvu9j-jBVHZAdrb-XKJicFyoR7EngOGeW5UcxDtlq-9n5ewyAC5NcBvDO3wBYe4qgodqYuQgxxJZw_QTxfV&c=pqlWn5cM3x09hoUUJX9e1vwOLkKfQqXFrNE6MDR0mxs2-DzW-LHmaw==&ch=cgRBJjFsKgSEADeW-CNLFcOpY1xn5xMUg9i7FU6SRNYw3ujwmu93Vw==" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(34,34,34); text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold; font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style:normal">Call
for Submission for Report on Violence Against Women Journalists</a> </div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Greetings from the Journalism Initiative on Gender-Based Violence at the Center for Women's Global Leadership. We would like to draw your attention to the
</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001pKYYVfpc8POZNGSkHvpu2JUAstW6VzMLO5biy2lXr1jQn36hftyNdo9Q_uzvtQP5jL4XGhmBjsoyqMfWfoVMDfyq8BNuUz_ld9X3w5aq_ABzoNNOxvGX-5Q7EhLxYC4bYfJSRz2EJ7QLfVvu9j-jBVHZAdrb-XKJicFyoR7EngOGeW5UcxDtlq-9n5ewyAC5NcBvDO3wBYe4qgodqYuQgxxJZw_QTxfV&c=pqlWn5cM3x09hoUUJX9e1vwOLkKfQqXFrNE6MDR0mxs2-DzW-LHmaw==&ch=cgRBJjFsKgSEADeW-CNLFcOpY1xn5xMUg9i7FU6SRNYw3ujwmu93Vw==" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">Call
for Submission</a><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> by t</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">he United Nations Special Rapporteur
on violence against women, its causes and consequences Ms. Dubravka Šimonović on violence against women journalists which will be the subject of her next thematic report to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2020.</span>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Call for Submissions seeks the views of States, National Human Rights Institutions, the media, journalists, civil society and academia on the following questions:</span></div>
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<li style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please indicate whether there are cases of gender based violence and harassment against women journalists in your country.
If so, please specify how these cases are documented, and describe the State response, or lack thereof, to such cases, including examples of good practice.</span>
</li><li style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please indicate whether your country has early-warning and rapid-response systems in place, such as hotlines, online
platforms or 24-hour emergency contact points to ensure that journalists and other media actors have immediate access to protective measures when they are under threat.</span>
</li><li style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please specify whether there are any programs in place aimed at addressing factors that increase the likelihood of violence
and harassment in the world of work for women journalists, including discrimination, the abuse of power relations, and gender, cultural and social norms that support violence and harassment.</span>
</li><li style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please specify whether online and ICT-facilitated violence against women is recognized as a crime, particularly cases
of killings, threats of rape and harassment of women journalists.</span> </li><li style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please indicate whether transparent complaint mechanisms for cases of offline and online and ICT-facilitated violence
against women journalists have been adopted, and if so, whether policies and procedures for reporting and requesting the removal of harmful content are available and easily accessible.</span>
</li><li style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please indicate what challenges are faced by women journalists when reporting on cases of gender based violence, and
specify whether there are any good practices in this regard.</span> </li></ol>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px">You can find the full call for submission here:
</span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001pKYYVfpc8POZNGSkHvpu2JUAstW6VzMLO5biy2lXr1jQn36hftyNdo9Q_uzvtQP5jL4XGhmBjsoyqMfWfoVMDfyq8BNuUz_ld9X3w5aq_ABzoNNOxvGX-5Q7EhLxYC4bYfJSRz2EJ7QLfVvu9j-jBVHZAdrb-XKJicFyoR7EngOGeW5UcxDtlq-9n5ewyAC5NcBvDO3wBYe4qgodqYuQgxxJZw_QTxfV&c=pqlWn5cM3x09hoUUJX9e1vwOLkKfQqXFrNE6MDR0mxs2-DzW-LHmaw==&ch=cgRBJjFsKgSEADeW-CNLFcOpY1xn5xMUg9i7FU6SRNYw3ujwmu93Vw==" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:14px; color:#48a199; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/SRWomen/Pages/VAWJournalists.aspx</a>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">All submissions should be sent to </span><a href="mailto:vaw@ohchr.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal">vaw@ohchr.org</a><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> by
10 March 2020. Please feel free to relevant networks.</span> </div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:French Script MT,Bradley Hand ITC,Monotype Corsiva,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Cherelle Jackson</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Journalism Initiative on Gender-Based Violence</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Center for Women's Global Leadership</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">E: cherelle,jackson@cwgl.rutgers,edu P: +5516897901</span></div>
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