by NWMI | Oct 15, 2018 | Statements
The Network of Women in Media, India, along with the Foundation for Media Professionals and BrihanMumbai Union of Journalists, stands in solidarity with Priya Ramani and others who have accused former editor and current Union Minister of State MJ Akbar of sexual misconduct, and condemn what we see as a concerted effort to throttle an equal rights movement by using the threat of defamation suits to intimidate women who have gathered the courage to speak up.
We express our deep dismay at the allegations of sexual harassment, including assault, levelled by several journalists against Mr Akbar who continues to hold office in the Central Government despite these allegations.
by NWMI | May 29, 2018 | Statements
The NWMI is appalled at two shows broadcast on Times Now on May 28, 2018 on the Tejpal rape case that were both illegal and unethical. The two shows, that ran consecutively at 8 pm. and 9 pm. respectively, were titled ‘Secrets of a dark night’ on the India Upfront show, anchored by Times Now editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar and ‘Tejpal’s indiscretions caught on CCTV’ on the Newshour debate, anchored by Times Now Managing Editor-Politics Navika Kumar. The NWMI registered its protest with Times Now over the unethical and sensational coverage of a sensitive issue like sexual assault, and demanded that the videos be taken down. Here is a slightly edited version of the letter to Times Now.
by NWMI | May 13, 2018 | 2019 Parliamentary Elections
By Jyoti Punwani She disagreed with the influential Deoband seminary over its fatwa on Imrana. Sania Mirza was chief guest at the annual day of her girls’ madrasa. Nowhera Shaikh, the mystery woman whose All India Mahila Empowerment Party (AIMEP) contested all 224...
by NWMI | May 12, 2018 | 2019 Parliamentary Elections
By Pushpa Achanta In April 2014, in the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) versus of Union of India case, the verdict from the Supreme Court of India recognised transgender persons and allowed them to choose their gender. This reporter had accompanied the then...
by NWMI | May 12, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By Nisha Susan One of the funniest and most prescient images from the last American election were the near identical photos of (then candidate) Donald Trump and son Eric Trump both peeking at their respective wives as they filled out their ballots. Prescient because...
