Israel Is Accused of Harassing Women Journalists; IFJ Lists Six Nations Noted for Harassing Women

The Big News Network website reports today (November 27, 2011) that Israel has been pinpointed by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) as one of six countries where female journalists face "extreme levels of violence" while carrying out their jobs.

The IFJ highlights Mexico, the Philippines, Somalia, Russia, Nepal, and Israel as countries where women journalists face "threats, political pressure, violence, rape, and abuse either due to their gender or simply for doing their job."

In all of the countries highlighted by the IFJ -- except for Israel -- women journalists have been killed or shot during the course of their work.

In Israel earlier this year -- in an episode that became known as bra-gate -- a female journalist was denied entry to a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because she refused to remove her bra for a security check.