NWMI members sweep 2024 Laadli media awards
By Editors

Members of the Network of Women in Media, India, were recognised for their work at the 14th regional edition of the Laadli Media &Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2024. The awards are given by Population First and UNFPA. They recognise gender sensitivity in the media.
NWMI members also won at the 4th South Asia Laadli Media & Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2024. Apart from India, the fourth edition of the South Asia Awards covered Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Maldives.
NWMI awardees and links to their prize-winning stories:
Steffy Thevar
Print, Newspaper, Article, English (Western region)

Steffy Thevar
4 of 5 living organ donors in India are women, 4 of 5 recipients men: Study
Ankita Dhar Karmakar
Web, Feature, English (Northern region)

Ankita Dhar Karmakar
What An Evening At Purdah Bagh In Old Delhi Says About Women And Leisure
Ankita Dhar Karmakar also won the South Asia Laadli Media & Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2024 (Web, Feature, English category) for this story
Ritwika Mitra
Web, Jury Appreciation Citation, English

Ritwika Mitra
Sneha Richhariya
Web, News Reports, English (Northern region)

Sneha Richhariya
‘Can I have blue eyes?’: An Acid Attack Survivor’s Journey To Regain Vision (PART 1)
Scare of the Scars: Acid Attacks and Skin Scarring (PART 2)
How India’s Health System Fails Acid Violence Victims (PART 3)
Sudarshana Chakraborty
Web, Feature, Bengali (Eastern region)

Sudarshana Chakraborty
মহিলা কুস্তিগীরদের লড়াই এবার পিতৃতান্ত্রিক মনুবাদী রাষ্ট্রের বিরুদ্ধে

Heenakausar Khan
Heenakausar Khan
Print, Magazine, Feature, Marathi (Western region)
Heenakausar Khan also won the South Asia Laadli Media & Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2024 (Print, Magazine, Feature, Marathi category) for this story
Arjumand Shaheen
Web, Jury Appreciation Certificate, English

Arjumand Shaheen
Kashmir’s Proxy Sarpanches: Women Elected To Reserved Seats Have Become Rubber Stamps For Men
Aishwarya Mohanty
Web, Jury Appreciation Citation, English

Aishwarya Mohanty
How Familial Hostility, Binary Laws Hinder Property Rights Of Transgender Persons
Tora Agarwala

Tora Agarwala
Web, Investigative Story, English (Eastern region)
Everyone should know what happened to us: Four Kuki women recount brutal assaults they survived
Web, Article, English (Eastern region)
Feminist icons or violent vigilantes? The contentious role of Meira Paibis in Manipur’s conflict

Ankita Anand
Ankita Anand
Web, News Report, English (Western region)
Call Me by My Name: How the lack of sex education in India is impacting society
HemaRakesh M
Web, Features, Video, Tamil (Southern region)

HemaRakesh M
பெண்களுக்காக மார்பக புற்றுநோய் விழிப்புணர்வில் ஈடுபடும் ஆண் – ஏன் தெரியுமா?

Tanishka Sodhi
Tanishka Sodhi
Web, Article, English (Western region)
‘Are you married?’: Across India, unmarried women are denied access to an essential ultrasound
Johanna Deeksha

Johanna Deeksha
Web, Investigative Story, English (Southern region)
One year of Karnataka’s war on Muslim women’s right to learn
Web, Jury Appreciation Certificate, English
How the medical system gaslights women who have endometriosis
Mahima Jain
Web, Features, English (Southern region)

Mahima Jain
How hospitals are helping combat violence against women

Nithya Pandian
Nithya Pandian
Web, News Series, English (Southern region)
Ground Report: Menstruating women are still banished from their homes in rural TN

Roli Srivastava
Roli Srivastava
Web, Features, English (Western region)
Women farmers shine as ‘super-heroes’ in India’s climate fight
Vijayta Lalwani
Print, Magazine, Features, English (Western region)

Vijayta Lalwani

Aishwarya AVRaj
Aishwarya AVRaj
Web, Feature, Hindi (Northern region)
नारीवादी ज्ञान मीमांसा के संदर्भ और भारतीय मीडिया: एक नज़र थ्योरी और अनुभवों को साथ रखते हुए
Seema Agrawal won the South Asia Laadli Media & Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2024 (Print, Article, Hindi category) for the story-
कुप्रथा का शिकार ये द्रोपदियां

Seema Agrawal
Maitri Porecha won the South Asia Laadli Media & Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2024 (Print, Feature, English) for the story-
Talking therapy: ASHA workers offer hope in rural Madhya Pradesh
Video story

Maitri Porecha
Nidhi Jamwal was awarded the UNFPA@50 Special Laadli Award at the South Asia Laadli Media & Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2024, for consistent reporting on gender and climate change issues.

Nidhi Jamwal
Congratulations to all the winners!











