Global Roundup: Mexico Women in Journalism, Kenya Women Lead Peace Efforts, Turkey LGBTQ Community, Book on Black Health & Activism, Taiwan LGBT Pride
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Curated by FG Contributor Samiha Hossain Adela Navarro Bello, director of Mexico's investigative news outlet Zeta, Photo by Tomada de Milenio Mexican journalist Adela Navarro Bello is tackling the rampant misogyny that women journalists face. Zeta, Navarro’s celebrated investigative news magazine, had just published an article on alleged illicit business dealings by high-level officials in Mexico's Baja California state. When a journalist asked Amador Rodriguez Lozano, the state's then secretary-general of government, about the allegations surrounding members of his administration at a town hall meeting, he sought to discredit Navarro and her publication and brought up her private life. Angered, Navarro filed a complaint with the Baja California Human Rights Commission, prompting Rodriguez to issue a public apology.
Global Roundup: Mexico Women in Journalism, Kenya Women Lead Peace Efforts, Turkey LGBTQ Community, Book on Black Health & Activism, Taiwan LGBT Pride
Global Roundup: Mexico Women in Journalism…
Global Roundup: Mexico Women in Journalism, Kenya Women Lead Peace Efforts, Turkey LGBTQ Community, Book on Black Health & Activism, Taiwan LGBT Pride
Curated by FG Contributor Samiha Hossain Adela Navarro Bello, director of Mexico's investigative news outlet Zeta, Photo by Tomada de Milenio Mexican journalist Adela Navarro Bello is tackling the rampant misogyny that women journalists face. Zeta, Navarro’s celebrated investigative news magazine, had just published an article on alleged illicit business dealings by high-level officials in Mexico's Baja California state. When a journalist asked Amador Rodriguez Lozano, the state's then secretary-general of government, about the allegations surrounding members of his administration at a town hall meeting, he sought to discredit Navarro and her publication and brought up her private life. Angered, Navarro filed a complaint with the Baja California Human Rights Commission, prompting Rodriguez to issue a public apology.