Short articles featuring instances of trans-national trafficking
predominated in the coverage of this phenomenon by seven mainstream
Chisinau-based newspapers in June-August 2005. This was one of the
major conclusions of the monitoring report, which was produced by the
Independent Journalism Center (IJC) under the auspices of the “New
Perspectives for Women” (NPW) project. Journalists covering human
trafficking rarely followed up on issues raised in breaking stories.
Diversity of sources was insufficient, and such journalistic genres as
interviews, opinion pieces and features remained under-represented.
There were few attempts to provide an in-depth analysis of this
phenomenon, and little effort was made to put the examined problems in
a general context. NPW is a four-year project aimed to provide new
opportunities to women aged 18-35, who run the risk of being
trafficked, through a variety of support and information services. It
is administered by Winrock International, a US non-governmental
organization, with funding from the US Agency for International
Development (USAID). IJC participates in the implementation of the
project awareness-raising component. Media monitoring focuses on the
coverage of human trafficking, prevention thereof, as well as the way
Moldovan media report about the major facets of the NPW project.
Quarterly monitoring reports are produced in Romanian, Russian, and
English. They can be accessed in electronic form at http://ijc.md/npw
For more information, please contact Natalia Angheli-Zaicenco at
nangheli@ijc.md(IJC).
IJC @ 10:30 PST, 28/10/05