Reporting from Bastar: Challenges for a Woman Journalist

Reporting from Bastar: Challenges for a Woman Journalist

The NWMI demands the immediate cessation of threats and intimidatory tactics from all state and non-state agents including those associated with the Communist Party of India (Maoist), that pressurise journalists and others who are vulnerable to such attempts at intimidation.

Don’t shoot off women’s shoulders

Don’t shoot off women’s shoulders

The Network of Women in Media, India, endorses the response of the Women in Cinema Collective to the Kerala state government’s ill-considered, short-lived attempt to introduce a new section to the Kerala Police Act 2011 through an ordinance, signed into law by the...
Wives of Musclemen Again in Poll Fray

Wives of Musclemen Again in Poll Fray

By Sumita Jaiswal The spouses of jailed and absconding criminals turned politicians have once again been fielded as candidates in the upcoming state elections in Bihar. The maximum number of such female candidates have been fielded by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),...