Equality

The UJF’s equality programme aims

• to bring about operative equality plans for as many work communities of journalists as possible
• to develop payroll systems that support equal pay for women and men
• to ensure the equal deployment of women and men in the union’s shop steward and other positions
• to generate a pro-gender equality climate in the media sector, and
• to promote recognition of gender equality perspectives in journalism.

The UJF is a gender equality union:

• the union’s members comprise almost equal numbers of men and women
• the union board includes both men and women
• promoting gender equality is an integral part of the union’s work.

In their work, journalists must not communicate improper or disparaging notions of gender.