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Online hate speech targets women.
It silences them.
It drives them offline.
Media organisations can change this.

C.H.A.S.E.: A campaign against gender-charged hate speech online

C.H.A.S.E (Combating online HAte Speech by Engaging online media) is grounded in the understanding that online media platforms are both arenas for hate speech and essential actors in its prevention, while many lack the tools, policies, or training to effectively moderate harmful content.

WAN-IFRA and FIPP to Merge, Creating Unprecedented Global Alliance for Publishers.

2025-12-08. WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers, and FIPP, the International Federation of Periodical Publishers, announced a landmark agreement to merge their operations, effective January 1, 2026. This historic consolidation creates the world’s largest and most diverse alliance of media companies, uniting a global network of over 20,000 media brands and technology companies across 120 countries.

WAN-IFRA Partners with UNESCO to Offer News Literacy Training and Workshop.

2025-11-10. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has announced a partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to deliver three complimentary trainings in celebration of UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week, an annual event to raise awareness and celebrate the progress achieved towards Media and Information Literacy for all.

WAN-IFRA to offer three complimentary trainings in celebration of UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy Week

Media professionals will learn low-effort and practical ways in which to build more trust among readers, hear the good examples of publishers already incorporating media literacy in their workflow and discuss how to develop and start a news literacy plan within their organization.

Ahead of presidential elections scheduled for May 2026, Colombia hosts the UNESCO Media Literacy Week against a backdrop of political polarization and press freedom concerns

UNESCO will discuss in Cartagena how MIL can empower individuals to be able to critically assess content in the age of AI. Meanwhile AMI, the country’s most relevant media association, has voiced concern about the state of press freedom in the country.

Join UNESCO and WAN-IFRA to celebrate Media and Information Literacy Week

2025-10-12. A Global Conference in Colombia will discuss how MIL is crucial to empower individuals in the face of AI; WAN-IFRA will develop training for news executives and publishers are encouraged to join up the campaign.

US News/Media Alliance’s campaign to protect journalism from Big Tech

2025-09-30. The News/Media Alliance, the largest nonprofit trade association in the United States representing news, magazine, and digital media organisations, is launching a new ad campaign challenging Big Tech’s use of their content.

The C.H.A.S.E Project: Fostering a Safer European Digital Space against Gender-Based Hate Speech

2025-09-25. Launched in March 2024 with the support of the European Commission’s CERV programme, “Combating online hate speech by engaging online media” (C.HA.S.E.) offers a multi-faceted approach to address the rise of online hate speech targeting women and gender-diverse individuals and posing a threat to equality, safety, and freedom of expression. WAN-IFRA has collaborated on the project since its inception and is now inviting any interested peers to an online webinar that will illustrate the project, the research behind it and the investigated solutions.

M20 Johannesburg Declaration: Urgent call to counter ‘profound global crisis in integrity of information’

2025-09-05. Media policy summit urges G20 to prioritise information integrity for the public good – and calls on media, society and all stakeholders to act on critical challenges.