Journalists who take on the establishment are routinely abused and intimidated. In this environment, the unconditional support of her colleagues in NWMI has had a special importance, said Neha Dixit in her acceptance speech for the Chameli Devi Jain Award 2016, dedicating her award “to the unacknowledged journalists who have suffered and survived repression and still told stories that need to be told.”
NWMI is shocked to hear that the Press Trust of India has applied for accreditation to Rupesh Samant, who faces investigation and judicial proceedings on charges of sexual harassment
The Network of Women in Media, India, strongly condemns the continuing online abuse and harassment of women in general and women journalists in particular. We believe this growing phenomenon not only amounts to gender-specific hate speech but also represents an increasingly common form of gender violence and a disturbing threat to freedom of the press.
NWMI strongly condemn the shocking attack on the residence of Malini Subramaniam, a journalist based in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh and correspondent for the news site Scroll.In. The continuous attempts to intimidate and threaten her into silence must immediately stop and those responsible must be brought to book.