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Analysis
Dec. 2019

Safer together?

Blog
05 Dec. 2019

How do you break a taboo? You talk about it – loudly!

Our IMS Head of Documentary Film Rasmus Steen talks gender-based violence and using creative media as a tool for breaking taboos.

Blog
23 Nov. 2019

The massacre that changed the protocols for the safety of journalists

10 years ago to this day, the Ampatuan massacre took place in the Philippines to become the single deadliest attack against journalists.

IMS aims to create safer media environments with sound laws for journalists in countries where press freedom and other human rights are in dire straits. We focus on:

Good journalism

Press freedom

Safety of journalists

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