women journalists in the OSCE region, including through the Safety of Female Journalists Online project,

10. Convinced that society benefits from diverse and representative media andparliaments, which contribute to a healthy public discourse and social inclusion,to countering disinformation, and to the foundation of a strong democracy,

11. Noting that the underrepresentation of women in the political sphere is bothcaused and exacerbated by discrimination and gender-based violence, and thatavailable data suggests that the vast majority of women parliamentariansexperience such discrimination and violence from the moment they becomecandidates for political office,

12. Highlighting enhanced security measures and initiatives adopted in the CanadianParliament in 2020 aimed at providing greater protection to parliamentarians attheir homes and offices, including through the use of mobile alarms and a webmonitoring service,

13. Concerned that some OSCE participating States have allowed and ignoreddiscrimination, gender-based violence, misogyny and hostile working conditionstoward women parliamentarians in their legislative assemblies,

14. Acknowledging that discrimination and violence against women are intensified inconflict situations, where women journalists and politicians are exposed toheightened risks of human rights violations,

15. Emphasizing that women journalists and politicians are targeted by multipleforms of violence because of intersecting identity factors – such as ethnicity,race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression,

16. Recognizing that indigenous women, including indigenous journalists andpoliticians, experience disproportionate discrimination and violence, andrecalling the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, whichstipulates that States shall take measures to ensure that indigenous women andchildren are fully protected against all forms of discrimination and violence,

17. Noting the lack of information, statistics and data analysis with respect to violenceagainst women journalists and politicians in the OSCE region and the world,

18. Bearing in mind the significant impacts of gender-based violence on journalistsand politicians, their families, and society as a whole, including on democraticprocesses,

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:

19. Urges the OSCE and OSCE participating States to collect and publishdisaggregated data on the prevalence of violence against women journalists andpoliticians in the OSCE region, and ensure that such data and the information itprovides on the experiences of women with intersecting identity factors, informsany action taken to make certain that policies and legislation are effective,inclusive and evidence-based;

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