There is a need to develop safety mechanisms for women journalists, while also creating frameworks for prosecuting perpetrators of online and offline violence against media workers, particularly female journalists.
Artificial Intelligence
The Freedom of Expression Climate survey 2025- Now Available!
The Freedom of Expression Climate survey of Spaces of Solidarity focuses on the trends, challenges and issues that media and civil society actors in Southern Africa prioritise.
MISA Regional Chairperson Jeremias Langa’s Opening Remarks for the Regional World Press Freedom Day commemorations –
This has a chilling effect on freedom of expression and the media. Such laws have been used in other jurisdictions to target political opponents, journalists, and activists.
MISA hosts WPFD 25 pre-conference
This year’s WPFD theme is “Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media”
Call to extend AI beyond traditional governance frameworks
The organisers aimed to ensure that future AI policies and practices throughout the continent are rooted in participatory principles, reflecting the varied perspectives and needs of African communities
African Commission calls for guidelines to adapt African media policy to digital era
The Commission’s resolution highlights the pressing need to update African media policy for the digital age.
End violence against women journalists: A call to action for Southern Africa
It was reported that at least 73% of women journalists had suffered online violence in one form or another.