The media’s role on eliminating gendered violence must include addressing their own newsrooms

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It’s time for Australian newsrooms to address toxic cultures and help prevent this shadow pandemic of violence against women, write academics Dr Andrea Baker, Dr Victoria Fielding, Dr Jay Daniel Thompson, and Dr Nasya Bahfen, on The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

It is difficult for journalists to fulfil their role as members of the fourth estate when newsrooms and media workplaces continue to carry structural and horizontal gendered violence. 

Violence against women is a human rights violation. Globally, an estimated 736 million women will experience some form of violence, usually from a male perpetrator, that is, one in three women.