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UNESCO concerned about press freedom worldwide, despite drop in number of media casualties in 2019
While the number of journalists killed worldwide fell by almost half in 2019, journalists face ongoing risks and perpetrators enjoy almost total impunity for these crimes, according to UNESCO data. Fewer journalists killed in 2019 The UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists recorded 56 journalist killings in 2019, compared with 99 in 2018 – the lowest annual toll in more than a decade. In total, UNESCO recorded 894 journalist killings in the decade from 2010 to 2019, an average of almost 90 per year. Journalists were murdered in all regions of the world, with Latin America and the Caribbean recording 22 killings, the highest number, followed by 15 in Asia-Pacific, and 10 in Arab States. Most journalists were killed outside of conflict zones The figures show that journalists not only suffer extreme risks when covering violent conflict, but that they are also targeted when reporting on local politics, corruption and crime…
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UNESCO launches its 9th IFCD call and a new initiative with Sabrina Ho to support women in digital creative industries
On 26 February 2018 UNESCO launches its 9th IFCD call for funding and a new initiative with Sabrina Ho “U40 Empowered: Women entrepreneurs powering the digital creative industries”. 9th IFCD call The International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) (https://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd) is a multi-donor fund, established by the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005) to support its implementation in developing countries. The IFCD (https://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd/apply/requirements) invests in projects that lead to structural change through: ·the introduction and/or elaboration of policies and strategies that have a direct effect on the creation, production, distribution of and access to a diversity of cultural expressions, including cultural goods, services and activities, ·the reinforcement of corresponding institutional infrastructures, including professional capacities and organizational structures, deemed necessary to support viable local and regional cultural industries and markets in developing countries. Public authorities/institutions and NGOs from developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention,…
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