Joana Ascensão is a Portuguese journalist focused on health and gender inequalities.

Joan currently works as a journalist for the newspaper Expresso, and was previously part of the founding team of the radio programme Observador, as well as two digital video projects. Her reporting focuses on social issues such as inequalities, health, LGBT and women's rights, among others. She likes to focus on long-form investigative reporting.

Joana Ascensão

Basic information

Name
Joana Ascensão
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Gender inequalities, health
Country
Portugal
City
Porto

Supported projects

Exporting Abortion

  • Healthcare
  • Human Rights

BRUSSELS - Exporting Abortion is a cross-border, collaborative investigation into the unequal access to abortion in Europe. Journalists from across the continent have investigated how thousands of women each year are forced to travel from one country to another to get an abortion. The investigation has revealed that at least 5,860 women in Europe faced this situation in 2023, and more than 25,000 since 2019.

Exporting Abortion