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With the closure of USAID resulting in a 25 percent cut to the world’s media development budget, independent media outlets across the world have become more vulnerable to existential threats ranging from bombings to disinformation. It is vital that the rest of the world steps up to support journalists in these trying times.
Without swift political action, critical independent Syrian media outlets risk being silenced right when they are more important than ever.
In recent years, IMS has seen a steady increase in the number of its media partners forced to flee their home countries to avoid persecution and closure as the democratic space globally has shrunk.
The publication is a compilation of the knowledge and learning gathered during a three-year pilot project in Colombia, Myanmar and Syria.
While the end of Al-Assad era in Syria sparked widespread optimism, early formal statements from the new rulers raised concerns, particularly regarding women's roles, says Rula Asad.
The media plays an important role in de-escalating conflicts and deconstructing patriarchal attitudes and social prejudices about women's ability to engage and participate in decision-making and peacebuilding. Therefore, it is necessary to have a balanced and fair media content that is gender and conflict sensitive as it relates to the depiction of women, their rights, and their issues through the various forms of conflict coverage.
