Discrimination Returned to Attention by the IJC Through Videos, Press Clubs and Journalistic Materials

Discrimination can be fought if you know your rights – this was the message shared within a project implemented by the Independent Journalism Center (IJC), which aimed to return to general attention the phenomenon of discrimination. Its activities include video production, press clubs and a number of journalistic materials.

The documentary “Discrimination costs” offers detailed information about how people can defend their rights when they are or risk being discriminated against. Experts in human rights explain the phenomenon and give recommendations to citizens for the situations when they face various cases of discrimination. The video is based on the life stories of several people discriminated on the grounds of disability, age, ethnicity or sex, who had the courage to fight against this phenomenon. Protagonists share their experience and send a message of encouragement to victims of discrimination, inspiring them to make their cases known, because it is the only way to bypass discriminating situations.

The IJC also produced 10 success stories inspired by the heroes of the documentary, people who managed to oppose discrimination. Materials can be seen here.

Young journalists from the School of Advanced Journalism addressed this issue in three discussion clubs about the role of the media in fighting discrimination, where they invited the representatives of various non-governmental organizations in the field of human rights.

Also within this project, several materials (interviews, analyses) were produced in order to contribute to diminishing the practice of perpetuating stereotypes and stigmatization of minorities and marginalized groups in the media. These materials can be read here.

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The “Combating Discrimination by Promoting Good Practices, Involving Citizens and Raising Media Accountability” project is being implemented with the help of “Supporting National Human Rights Institutions according to recommendations of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Universal Periodic Review (UPR)” project funded by the Ministry of External Affairs of Norway, co-funded and implemented by UNDP Moldova and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in cooperation with the Office of People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) and the Council for Equality.