The Online News Association (ONA) announced on September 15, 2022, that Manori Wijesekera of Global Press is the winner of the 2022 ONA Community Award. Global Press has been a Channel grantee partner since 2010. ...
Global Press Received Award for Women’s Rights Reporting
One World Media recognized longtime Channel grantee partner Global Press with a One World Media Award at an event on June 16, 2022. The awards celebrate “the media’s best coverage of the global south, spotlighting underreported stories that break stereotypes, change the narrative and connect people across cultures.” ...
Global Press Article Contributes to Ban on Virginity Testing in Mongolia
In a June 2021 article for Channel partner Global Press Institute, reporter Khorloo Khukhnokhoi brought attention to the practice of virginity testing on teenage girls in Mongolian schools. In November 2021, Mongolia’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education issued a joint regulation making the practice punishable....