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| Thursday, 10 June 2004 |
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The IFJ's 25th World Congress held in Athens by Rosanne Anderson The 25th World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) 'Journalism on the Move' was held last week in Athens admist a gathering of around 259 journalists from 105 States. President of the IFJ, Christopher Warren in his speech said that the IFJ was a great Federation that existed to give power to journalists to fight for press freedom, human rights and economic security. The role of the IFJ is to help journalists build that power through collective strength that comes from organising independent trade unions committed to press freedom, he added. A sports and global media conference, conferences on media and war: The battle for safety and quality, building solidarity for gender equality, globalisation: and its challenges for journalist unions, quality, independence and public service values were some of the topics discussed at the 25th World Congress held from May 24-30 in Athens. It was stated that the Olympic games would put sports and journalism under scrutinity as Greece prepares for the biggest media invasion in its history. Debating on 'Media and war and the battle for safety and quality' Cris Cramer, Managing Director CNN International John Pilger, Journalist and Broadcaster Asne Seierstad, and Knut Dormann of the International Committee of the Red Cross pointed out that the world is a dangerous place and so is journalism. Building solidarity for gender equality was another topic of debate at the sessions at which Rosanne T. Koelmeyer Anderson of FMETU, Sri Lanka spoke on at the congress sessions. She also spoke on the issues that affect women like conflict, strategies for confronting the challenges of globalisation, quality in media and the future working programme of the IFJ and why gender issues are still on the margins, how does one bring the gender action plan into the centre of work, what role is there for training, how do we give voice to the region and what more, should be done to bring gender issues into the mainstream of the IFJ work programme. |
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