by Nisha Susan | Apr 8, 2021 | Gender, Media & Elections
By Editors Two important reports related to gender equity and participation in economic and public life can shed some light on what women politicians face in the battlefield that is the political arena in India today. The 28-point downgrade of India’s ranking in the...
by Nisha Susan | Mar 31, 2021 | Statements
It has come to the notice of the Network of Women in Media, India that CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran has been invited as a guest at a ‘Meet the Press’ programme at the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club on April 1 2021 — a programme that has been...
by Nisha Susan | Mar 31, 2021 | 2021 Assembly Elections
By Editors If you are wondering where the women candidates are again this election season or struggling to explain to someone else why we need more women candidates at every level of democracy and hence every level of elections, then here is the video for you. Shakti:...
by Nisha Susan | Mar 30, 2021 | 2021 Assembly Elections
By Editors Gender parity in government and leadership positions remains a long way off, says Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, in a recent interview. According to her, “Women aspiring for leadership positions commonly face a multitude of obstacles...
by Nisha Susan | Mar 29, 2021 | 2021 Assembly Elections
By Kavitha Muralidharan It was a mask not many had expected to fall. In the course of heated campaigning in Chennai on a sultry March day, former Union Minister A Raja – often seen as the intellectual face of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and perhaps rightly so...
