by Annie Philip | Mar 6, 2023 | 2023 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Editors News of the first two women MLAs to be elected to the state Assembly, Hekani Jakhalu and Salhoutuonuo Kruse, received prominent media coverage both within the state and elsewhere in the country. Salhoutuonuo Kruse also became Nagaland’s first woman...
by Annie Philip | Mar 1, 2023 | 2023 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Durba Ghosh The recently concluded Tripura Legislative Assembly elections have brought forth a skewed gender narrative. On the one hand, enthusiastic and politically conscious women voters have outnumbered their male counterparts in exercising their franchise...
by Annie Philip | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Aheli Moitra For representational purpose only. Women queue up to vote during the 2018 election in Nagaland. Nagaland votes on February 27 Nagaland got its first ever female Rajya Sabha MP, Phangnon Konyak, in 2022. She is the second woman from Nagaland to ever...
by Annie Philip | Jan 30, 2023 | Statements
NWMI Patna Declaration In the wake of increasing attacks on the freedom of the media in India, the NWMI’s 17th National Meeting (27-29 January 2023) in Patna, Bihar, calls upon journalists, media workers and the public to stand up for press freedom, ethical...
by Annie Philip | Jan 25, 2023 | Statements
In what amounts to an attack on democratic rights and the freedom of the press, the government of India has proposed that social media intermediaries will have to take down any link that the state deems ‘fake’ through its information wing, the Press Information Bureau...
