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Preliminary results of the study “Women in the Media” confirm the existence of a gap between declarative support and actual institutional responses to sexual harassment in newsrooms in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia. "I didn’t know what else to do or how to act without it turning out that I was the problem. I didn’t report it to anyone because my superior also made certain comments toward women… and I didn’t even know who I could turn to.” (excerpt from

When journalists are silenced by fear, the public interest suffers Sexual harassment in newsrooms in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina has been hidden for years behind professional silence, uncertain contracts, and power hierarchies. Although laws formally prohibit discrimination and violence, practice shows that protection for female journalists and media workers is often lacking. Can a Rulebook on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment become a turning poin