{"id":12728,"date":"2026-05-07T23:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/12728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:19:14","slug":"gja-president-represents-ghana-at-2026-ifj-centenary-congress-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/12728\/","title":{"rendered":"GJA President represents Ghana at 2026 IFJ Centenary Congress in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/GJA-President-represents-Ghana-at-2026-IFJ-Centenary-Congress-in-Paris-2033397?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/28848371.295.jpg\" alt=\"Albert Kwabena Dwumfour is the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA)\" title=\"Albert Kwabena Dwumfour is the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA)\" width=\"295\" height=\"190\" \/> <\/a>Albert Kwabena Dwumfour is the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA)<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The 2026 Centenary Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), held in Paris, brought together hundreds of journalists, media executives, trade union leaders, and press freedom advocates from around the world to celebrate 100 years of global solidarity in journalism and media unionism.<\/p>\n<p>On May 7, 2026, the historic congress served as a platform for crucial discussions on the future of journalism and the evolving challenges confronting the media industry globally.<\/p>\n<p>Key issues discussed included journalist safety, press freedom, the role of artificial intelligence in journalism, gender equality in media, youth participation in the profession, and the sustainability of media organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Ghana and the wider West African media community at this global gathering was Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and a Steering Committee Member of the Federation of African Journalists.<\/p>\n<p>His participation highlighted Ghana\u2019s growing influence within the international journalism community and reaffirmed the country\u2019s commitment to promoting press freedom, ethical journalism, and the welfare of media professionals across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The congress also provided delegates with the opportunity to strengthen international cooperation, renew commitments to defending media freedom, and protect journalists in increasingly challenging environments worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Participants explored strategies to ensure the survival and independence of journalism in the digital era while promoting responsible and inclusive media practices.<\/p>\n<p>NAD\/MA<\/p>\n<p>GhanaWeb partners Boris Kodjoe&#8217;s FCST in exclusive travel platform deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Albert Kwabena Dwumfour is the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) The 2026 Centenary Congress of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[30],"class_list":{"0":"post-12728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-paris","8":"tag-paris"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}