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What’s “Mainstream” anyway?

What’s “Mainstream” anyway?

by | Sep 9, 2025

What’s “Mainstream” anyway? The role of local and regional media in the media landscape With the growing corporatisation of and state control over “mainstream” media, there is increasing frustration among both media persons and audiences with the content and format of...
Freedom of Expression: Media, Gender and Social Justice

Freedom of Expression: Media, Gender and Social Justice

by | Sep 9, 2025

PUBLIC MEETING Freedom of Expression: Media, Gender and Social Justice Following the welcome address by Sumita Jaiswal, co-ordinator of the Bihar chapter of NWMI, a brief introduction to the NWMI was given by Shahina KK and Yirmiyan Arthur. This was followed by the...
NWMI Stands in Solidarity with Trans and Queer Persons, Demands Repeal of Amendments to Trans Bill

NWMI Stands in Solidarity with Trans and Queer Persons, Demands Repeal of Amendments to Trans Bill

by | Mar 24, 2026 | Initiatives, Statements

The Network of Women in Media, India, condemns THE TRANSGENDER PERSONS (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS) AMENDMENT BILL, 2026, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr Virendra Kumar on 13 March 2026, and passed despite serious opposition to its provisions on 24 March 2026. Far from protecting the rights of transgender persons, the amendments seek to persecute trans persons across India.

Challenging marginalisation in the media

Challenging marginalisation in the media

by | Jan 28, 2024

Challenging marginalisation in the media Exclusion, Online abuse and digital security for women journalists Seventy-five years after Independence and 20 years after the NWMI was launched, women journalists in India are still in a minority, and the Indian media has no...

Experiments with Social Justice: The Bihar Model

by | Jan 28, 2024

Experiments with Social Justice: The Bihar Model This session focused on the concept of social justice associated with politics in Bihar in order to gain an understanding of the relationship between political rhetoric, government policies and ground realities. Despite...