Female journalists were most likely to face gender-based violence online, a survey released in 2020 found, with 73 percent of respondents worldwide stating that they were most likely to experience sexist abuse via emails or social media messages. Nearly 60 percent of female journalists also reported physical violence in the workplace, and 13 endured such abuse at home.
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Reporters Without Borders. (March 8, 2021). Settings in which gender-based violence against female journalists occurs worldwide as of October 2020 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 01, 2026, from /statistics/1249465/locations-sexist-abuse-journalists-worldwide/
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