Women Journalists Without Chains ( WJWC ) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting and protecting freedom of opinion and expression, emphasizing press freedoms in the Middle East and North Africa region. The organization aims to create a knowledge society and enhance the freedom of information and the right of every citizen to use and own visual, audio, print, and new media freely and without fear. It also works to enhance the role of traditional and new media in advancing human rights and development issues and combating tyranny and corruption.

Founded in 2005 in the Republic of Yemen by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ms. Tawakkol Karman, the organization expanded its operations to 21 countries in early 2023.

Specialized Units of Women Journalists Without Chains:

Rights and Freedoms Unit

This unit monitors, defends, and promotes freedom of expression in the Middle East and North Africa region, especially press freedoms. Its activities include:

• Monitoring violations of these freedoms.
• Issuing solidarity statements.
• Issuing periodic reports on the status of these rights in each country in the region.
• Organizing defense campaigns.
• Communicating with local, regional, and international organizations concerned with these rights.
• Providing advice and recommendations to international bodies and countries in the region to ensure press freedom and a safe environment for expression rights.
• Actively participating in relevant Arab, regional and international activities, events and occasions.

Media and Cultural Production Unit

This unit focuses on media promotion and the defense of human rights, particularly freedom of expression, women’s and children’s issues, combating tyranny and corruption, and highlighting various legal, political, and social issues, as well as social and development initiatives through:

• Produces films, TV programs, and social media materials.
• Highlights various legal, political, and social issues and social and development initiatives.
• Seek to display these films and media materials at Arab, regional, and international film festivals.
• Issues publications and books supporting cultural, political, historical, religious, and literary works.

Conferences and Training Courses Unit

This unit organizes public events and activities through:

• Organizes local, regional, and international discussions, seminars, and conferences to raise awareness and mobilize support for the issues and reports adopted by the organization. It also:
• Trains journalists to enhance their media skills and improve their professional performance.
• Strengths journalists with mechanisms to enhance their professional safety and electronic security, especially during conflicts and wars.
• Empowering "citizen journalists" by training amateurs in the media skills necessary to effectively cover events and issues in their regions