/Vranje,11.10.2017/
Newspapers „Vranjske“ editor in chief,
director Vukašin Obradović
reaction to the article: „THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS, violence is violence“
PRESS STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
I am disassociating myself from the text „NO EXCEPTIONS, violence is violence“, published 05.10.2017 on Info portal „Vranje“ and from misogynist attitudes and discrimination against women. I ask the editor in chief, director and owner of the newspaper and Info „Vranjske“ Vukašin Obradović and author of the text Slavomir Kostić, for a public apology – to me and to all women of SOS telephone Vranje and NGO Human Rights Committee Vranje, women in Serbia fighters for human rights of women, against misogyny, discrimination, violence and murder of women in family and intimate relationships.
I am informing readers of Info „Vranjske“ and the public that the selection of topics and text mode of exclusive reporting stubbornness, skills and style interpretation of the author Slavomir Kostic, a member of the editorial board Info „Vranje“.
Without due journalistic care and without respect for the Code of Journalists, the author did not inform me that he is on the journalistic task and that the phone call is going to be used for the text, which I accidentally found out after a few days! This is not the first provocative attempt of journalists to check in an interview with an activist for the protection of women against male violence, „How do woman from Vranje fight men?“
Persistent and targeted selection of interlocutors of women’s civil movement Serbia and the local SOS phone for such sensationalist reporting perceived as a direct journalistic provocation and public demotion my name, my professional and feminist principles and labor NGO Human rights Committee Vranje, SOS phone. The contradictory text is given an unknown fact: „Violence against women in Vranje pronounced compared to other parts of Serbia“, degrading statements attributed to me, such as call men to come to the SOS phone and on duty with the women and „actively working on problems violence in general. “ The journalist was arbitrarily ignored my name Antic Ristic and published false information about my identity as a woman interviewee.
Written by sensationalist inform the public, „To what extent are women from Vranje beating their husbands’ for an answer to this question from the coordinator of the SOS phone, appoints woman as object“ Women are the most common objects of violence in our society „, promotes deep patriarchal attitudes to gender-based violence as“ violence violence „.
I inform my readers that it is not handed attitude and inaccurate information which the author considers attributed to the comparison of the number of murdered women and men in family violence. This is an arbitrary conclusion journalists. The equalization of gender-based violence with violence of men towards women by the author of the text Slavomira Kostic and chief editor Vukasin Obradovic is socially unacceptable and turned upside down. Official data recorded that the women in more than 90% of reported cases of victims of violence, and men annually kill more than 30 women in the family and intimate relationships.
The two sides Translated by Slavomir Kostic adorned synonyms woman „could not confirm the information is not“, „could not answer the question,“ while ignoring the spirit of the value of women and placing entrenched patriarchal attitudes towards women as generally incompetent and ignorant. I personally know and therefore this is a deliberately degrading labeling coordinator of local NGOs and over 20 years of fighters for human rights and women’s rights.
At this current time, this reaction to protect the rights of women in the media is not aimed at reducing the severity of the struggle of many honorable journalists, citizen / on, civil organizations Serbian media freedom, which was launched exactly from the editorial board of the newspaper „Vranje“.
On the contrary, I personally and the team NGO Human Rights Committee Vranje / SOS Telephone Vranje always were and will be at the forefront of media freedom. But, clearly, loudly and persistently fight for the protection and respect of journalistic professional and ethical standards for the protection of journalistic profession where media space should not be abused in the media of violence against women.
In the framework of violence against women and women’s NGOs in Serbia on media reporting of male violence against women, misogyny, discrimination against women, such editorial policy of newspapers and web portal „Vranje“ and violations of the Code of journalists, we will notify professional newspaper associations NUNS and UNS.
In Vranje, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE VRANJE
10.10.2017. SOS TELEPHONE VRANJE
Coordinator Suzana Antic Ristic