PARIS: Hundreds of delegates from all over the world will converge here on 4th of May, 2026) to attend 4-day Centenary World Congress of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
Held with the support of IFJ’s French affiliates SNJ, SNJ-CGT, CFDT, and Force Ouvrière, the Congress will commence commemorating the World Press Freedom Day which serves as an important reminder of the importance of a free, independent media in upholding democracy, before officially opening on Monday 4th May.
Marking its 100th anniversary, the congress will reflect on the continued commitment of IFJ to social justice, decent working conditions, and freedom of expression for media workers, electing a new executive committee and deciding the Federation’s strategic direction for 2026 to 2029 for its 188 affiliated journalist unions speaking on behalf of 600,000 members.
The IFJ has also invited numerous international guests, including representatives from several United Nations agencies, including UNESCO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), as well as the secretaries-general of global trade union confederations, long-standing partners, and friends of the Federation.
The Congress agenda includes pertinent discussions on issues of artificial intelligence, climate change, media safety, youth engagement, gender equality, surveillance, and more, all anchored in the IFJ’s core values of solidarity, trade unionism, and press freedom.
The IFJ represents 188 journalists’ unions and associations worldwide, and speaks on behalf of more than 600,000 journalists. It champions social justice in the media, decent working conditions for the entire profession, and works for free and independent media as well as an independent public broadcasting service that respects pluralism.
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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career forty-five years ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.
