Media Reporting and Reference Guide on LGBT Issues

seminars for journalists <strong>and</strong> bloggers about LGBT issues were organized (KMOP 2017 July
10; Municipality of Neapolis – Sykies 2017 November 27).
ESIEA has also expressed its interest for promoting LGBT human rights by hosting
events organized by Colour Youth during the International Day Against Homophobia,
Transphobia, Biphobia (17 May) (Colour Youth 2015 May 17; Colour Youth 2016 May 17;
Colour Youth 2017 May 8). In 2014, the Educational Foundation of ESIEA founded the
Observatory against Fascism <strong>and</strong> Racist Speech in the <strong>Media</strong>, whose purposes include
reporting <strong>and</strong> recording incidents of fascist <strong>and</strong> racist speech in the media, <strong>and</strong> organizing
awareness campaigns for violent neo-Nazi activities that target media professionals <strong>and</strong> their
unions, as well as other democratic, social organizations <strong>and</strong> activists (ESIEA 2014 May 4).
Although ESIEA’s Code of Professional Ethics <strong>and</strong> Social Responsibility doesn’t include LGBT
issues, in November 2016 Greece’s Online Publishers Association (ENED) presented the
Code of Ethics for Digital <strong>Media</strong> which includes a chapter named “Discrimination based on
race, skin colour, religion, gender <strong>and</strong> sexual orientation”, where issues of sexual orientation
<strong>and</strong> gender identity are mentioned <strong>and</strong> good practices for representing LGBT issues <strong>and</strong>
people are proposed (ENED N.d.; Ert.gr 2016 November 30).
In 2016, the Journalists’ Union of Macedonia & Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESHEM-Th) created
the “Chapter of Idomeni” Network in order to develop an Anti-Racist Code of Conduct
for Greek Journalists (ESHEM-Th 2016 May 12). Members of this Network are journalists,
academics, as well as members <strong>and</strong> representatives of Information <strong>and</strong>/or Human Rights
Organizations. 17 Within the framework of this Network, an Information Observatory
was created to record how <strong>Media</strong> deal with <strong>and</strong> cover issues related to beneficiaries of
international protection (refugees, asylum seekers, trafficking victims, migrants) <strong>and</strong> other
disadvantaged social groups (ESHEM-Th 2016 May 12). Training Workshops for <strong>Media</strong>
professionals were also organized (ESHEM-Th 2016 October 14).
In 2018, the Research Centre for Gender Equality (KETHI), during the implementation of the
Project “Preventing <strong>and</strong> combating sexism <strong>and</strong> discrimination on gender identity <strong>and</strong> sexual
orientation issues” 18 , organized Training Workshops for journalists <strong>and</strong> <strong>Media</strong> professionals,
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Other partners of this Network are the UNHCR, the Department of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass <strong>Media</strong> of the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, the Laboratory for the Peaceful Journalism of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
the Hellenic Union for Rights <strong>and</strong> Freedoms Individuals, independent personalities, regional media
journalists. The Network is also supported by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the Organization
for Security <strong>and</strong> Cooperation in Europe, the “Charter of Rome” <strong>and</strong> the Osservatorio peri Balcani e il Caucaso
(OBC).
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Learn more here: www.kethi.gr/program/prolipsi-ke-katapolemisi-tou-sexismo/
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