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Collective efforts vital in fighting gender-based violence

Resolution 522 highlights that: Digital violence is increasingly gendered and disproportionately affects women, throughย inter aliaย threats of sexual violence, misogynistic disinformation campaigns and โ€œrevenge pornographyโ€ฆโ€

MISA Zimbabwe Analysis of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill

It provides that the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) regulates and manages the broadcasting service bands for sustenance rather than control, thereby aligning it with constitutional principles and international best practices. Its emphasis on enhancing transparency, fostering inclusivity, and promoting local content is commendable.

Zimbabwe should stay the course in reducing media freedom violations

Zimbabwe moved 10 places from 126 in 2023 to 116 in 2024 in Reporters Without Bordersโ€™s World Press Freedom Index rankings. This came on the backdrop of reductions in media freedom violations last year, culminating in an improved media operating environment during Zimbabweโ€™s 2023 election season.

MISA Regional Chairperson`s opening remarks at the 2024 Spaces of Solidarity

We need to devise robust pushback strategies and responses in view of the rapidly shrinking civic space we have witnessed over the past few years. Stringent NGO laws have been enacted across the region, which require our collective attention and strategic responses to halt the shrinking and erosion of democratic civic space.