During the weekend, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) LGBT Forum Progress and LGBTIQ Social Center conducted training for journalists with the aim of strengthening their capacities in the field of recognition, response and active work to suppress misogynistic hate speech in Montenegro.
LGBT Forum Progres announced that the training was held in Kolašin and included journalists who work in the north of the country, or thematically cover social, economic and other issues that concern the lives of citizens in the north.
The NGO thanked all the journalists for their participation and contribution.
"On the first day, the lecture was held by Jovan Kojičić, professor of law and visiting professor at the University of Göttingen and the University of Passau, in Germany," says the announcement.
It is stated that his lecture covered the topics of normative and gender perspectives in Montenegrin practice and public policies in the context of criminal law matters.
"Through the lecture, the participants had the opportunity to see the broader context of human rights and gender equality, the ways in which different policies should be connected and work in synergy, as well as to understand the key problems arising from the inadequate application of the legislative framework in practice," he says. in the announcement.
LGBT Forum Progress said that the importance of the role of journalists as a corrective social factor was also discussed.
As they stated, on the second day, the lecture was given by a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Montenegro in the field of communication and media, Jovana Davidović.
LGBT Forum Progresa said that her lecture covered the topics of construction of gender identities in media discourse and gender-responsive reporting.
They said that, through an interactive approach, the lecture allowed the participants to learn about examples of bad and good practice in relation to gender responsive reporting.
"As well as to understand what lies at the core of gender-based violence and discrimination, that is, to connect all negative phenomena in Montenegrin society with their causes, which lie in the patriarchy, from which sexism and misogyny arise," the statement says.
It is stated that this activity was implemented within the project "United against misogynistic hate speech in the Montenegrin public space", which is implemented by the LGBT Forum Progress and the LGBTIQ Social Center, with the support of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights.
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