A Dark Place: Documentary on safety of female journalists online to premiere in Vienna on International Human Rights Day
VIENNA, 10 December 2018 – The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM), together with the International Press Institute, are organizing the world premiere today in Vienna of their film, A Dark Place – a documentary highlighting the experiences of female journalists who have been targeted by online harassment.
The event, part of the RFOM’s Safety of Female Journalists Online (SOFJO) project, is being held at the city’s Stadtkino on International Human Rights Day, as part of the This Human World film festival.
A Dark Place focuses on the stories of women journalists as well as experts on gender and media from a number of OSCE participating States – Finland, Serbia, Spain, the Russian Federation, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The documentary, the first of its kind, explores the phenomenon of online harassment of female journalists, and how the issues this raises go beyond gender equality by directly impacting the freedom of the media and the fundamental human right of members of society to access a plurality of information.
The screening of the film will be followed by a panel discussion with the film’s main protagonists, Banu Güven, Linda Pelkonen, Marija Vučić, Evdokia Moskvina and Arzu Geybullayeva. The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, the director of the film, Javier Luque, and OSCE Media Freedom Project Officer Jennifer Adams will also join the panel.
For further information about the SOFJO project, please visit: www.osce.org/representative-on-freedom-of-media/safety-female-journalists-onlineFollow @OSCE_RFOM to join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #SOFJO.
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media observes media developments in all 57 OSCE participating States. He/she provides early warning on violations of freedom of expression and media freedom and promotes full compliance with OSCE media freedom commitments. Learn more at www.osce.org/fom, Twitter: @OSCE_RFoM and on facebook.com/osce.rfom.