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Throughout August 2021, the Coalition For Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) documented 27 cases of violations against women journalists.
Listing these violations, the CFWIJ's monthly report includes various forms of violations such as detentions, legal harassment and physical assaults in the field, among other various kinds of press freedom attacks towards women journalists reporting from different parts of the world.
While at least five women journalists were detained in Azerbaijan, Belarus and Turkey in August, four women reporters were physically attacked in the field in Afghanistan and Canada. At least three women journalists were physically assaulted while following protests in Greece and Turkey.
Sharing details about the violations faced by women journalists, the CFWIJ has underlined that "Turkey was the leading country with the most cases in August." According to the report of the organization, at least eight women reporters were subjected to violence in the country.
Currently occupied by the Taliban, Afghanistan followed Turkey with at least five cases against women journalists. Three women reporters were threatened and subjected to violence in Azerbaijan.
Some details from Turkey are as follows:
The CFWIJ has also aided and assisted women journalists in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. It has also released a detailed report on the situation titled "Women Journalists Face Dangerous Uncertainty as the Taliban Takeover Threatens Press Freedom." (EMK/SD)