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August 15, 2024
By Brooklyn Self, Queensland University of Technology Gendered online violence is silencing women journalists in Fiji, says Pacific media scholar Dr Shailendra Singh. The harmful trend involves unwanted private messages, hateful language and threats to reputation, often from anonymous sources. The visibility of women journalists has made them frequent targets, while perpetrators can harness popular ... <a title="Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/online-abusers-shaming-silencing-fiji-women-journalists-say-researchers/" aria-label="Read more about Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an additional threat to the personal wellbeing and safety of politicians resides outside Parliament, and the threat is ubiquitous: online violence against women MPs. Since her election in 2017, Green Party ... <a title="Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/golriz-ghahramans-exit-from-politics-shows-the-toll-of-online-bullying-on-female-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
“History will judge Jacinda Ardern as a remarkable leader. She is genuinely kind and has an incredible intellect, she’s made more of a contribution than she will ever appreciate. I can’t help but feel like we need to find better ways to support women and mothers in politics.” – union lawyer, columnist and mother Fleur ... <a title="The hatred and vitriol NZ’s Jacinda Ardern endured ‘would affect anybody’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/the-hatred-and-vitriol-nzs-jacinda-ardern-endured-would-affect-anybody/" aria-label="Read more about The hatred and vitriol NZ’s Jacinda Ardern endured ‘would affect anybody’">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2021
RNZ Saturday Morning Samoa found itself in a constitutional crisis this week when the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government locked the doors to Parliament in an attempt to stop prime minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa being sworn in to office following her FAST party’s one-seat election win. Samoa now finds itself in the position ... <a title="RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/rnz-saturday-morning-how-will-the-samoan-constitutional-crisis-end/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist Some South Auckland locals are hitting back at online hate directed at the area and its Pasifika community, after a local family was the first to test positive for covid-19 in the current New Zealand outbreak. Four positive cases ballooned to a 58-case cluster after 102 days of no ... <a title="South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/south-auckland-locals-hit-back-against-online-hate-around-nz-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid cases">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
By Dr Evita March It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling of Duchesses Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, which reportedly includes racist and sexist content, and ... <a title="Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-once-funny-but-now-the-term-meaning-is-far-more-sinister/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister">Read more</a>
