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UNESCO along with the International Federation of Journalists calls upon world’s media organizations to entrust editorial responsibility to women editors and to women journalists for a day to mark the International Women’s Day, March 8, 2009.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is the world's largest organization of journalists. Today the Federation represents around 500.000 members in more than 100 countries. The IFJ is the organization that speaks for journalists within the United Nations system and within the international trade union movement.
The IFJ promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists. The IFJ does not subscribe to any given political viewpoint, but promotes human rights, democracy and pluralism. The IFJ is opposed to discrimination of all kinds and condemns the use of media as propaganda or to promote intolerance and conflict.
The IFJ promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists. The IFJ does not subscribe to any given political viewpoint, but promotes human rights, democracy and pluralism. The IFJ is opposed to discrimination of all kinds and condemns the use of media as propaganda or to promote intolerance and conflict.
