NWMI’s statements on SH@W
The NWMI has recognised sexual harassment at the workplace as a serious problem since its inception. The Bangalore network conducted the first survey of SHW in Indian media back in 2001, even before the network was launched at the national level in January 2002. The NWMI’s first statement on a case of sexual harassment in a media workplace dates back to 2003. NWMI’s past statements on instances of sexual harassment at the workplace that came to the network’s attention, are given here:
Stop brutal assault on citizens and the media
The Network of Women in Media, India, strongly condemns the brutal assault on students participating in protests, and mediapersons covering the protests, over the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, in Assam as well as in Delhi, Aligarh and other cities. The it attacks, by both government security forces and unidentified protestors, serve to curb citizens’ freedom to express their opinions on current affairs and journalists’ freedom to report events fairly and accurately.
Why singlehood is meaningful: Three voices
By Revathi Siva Kumar On a dry, warm evening in November, the whys and hows of opting for singlehood drew a large number of curious women, some interested men and a few who identify as non-binary, to Champaca, the charming new book nook and café tucked away in...
Challenges for the media in Kashmir: An Editor Reports
A month after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, on August 5, 2019, the continuing shutdown of communication in the Kashmir valley has resulted in the throttling of independent media.