RECOMMENDATIONS • Female – and male - freelancers deserve the same support as their staff colleagues. • Women journalists should be encouraged to discuss • For men and women alike, it’s not a good idea to bottle their particular needs for support and...
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RECOMMENDATIONS • Female – and male - freelancers deserve the same support as their staff colleagues. • Women journalists should be encouraged to discuss • For men and women alike, it’s not a good idea to bottle their particular needs for support and protection with up emotional distress. Find someone you trust who their colleagues – male AND female – and ensure that you can talk with – male or female. Offer to listen these are met. – without judgment - to the concerns of colleagues. GUIDELINES FOR REPORTERS, MANAGERS & EDITORS • Colleagues and managers should be aware of the • Free and confidential counselling should be available unnecessary pressure women can experience to for women – and men - who wish to use it after prove that they are capable of doing the job. experiencing conflict or other traumatic events. • It must be made explicitly clear to everyone that • Some woman-to-woman practical advice: sexual harassment and uninvited sexual advances are unacceptable. Male bosses should
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