Shahnaz Anklesaria Aiyer, who passed away on July 4, 2015, was a journalist during a time when the post-Emergency mainstream media supported investigative journalism on development and human rights. Two friends and colleagues remember her and those times.
On the 40th anniversary of the Emergency, we reprint an article published on our website in 2014,
The International Federation of Journalists, UNESCO and UNWomen, released Inside the News: Challenges and Aspirations for Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific. The report, released on June 22, 2015, documents the issue of gender equity in the media industry throughout the region, as well as what can be done to maintain and protect it.
On International Women’s Day, 2015, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific released a special series of country reports from across the region, exploring gender equity in the region’s media.