by Supriya | May 21, 2021 | Statements
On a day when journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted of all charges – rape, unlawful confinement and sexual harassment – by a District and Sessions Court at Mapusa, Goa, the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) stands in solidarity with the survivor and applauds her...
by Supriya | May 20, 2021 | Blogs, Features
By NWMI Editors NWMI has been raising the challenges faced by freelance journalists since its inception. Since 2014, sessions have been set aside at national meetings to share experiences and discuss possible strategies to ensure that independent journalists get...
by Supriya | May 15, 2021 | 2021 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Shikha Mukerjee The 2021 West Bengal election was an assertion and affirmation of the empowered woman, as leader and voter. Backed by the support of women voters, who independently decided who would get their votes, India’s only woman chief minister, Mamata...
by Supriya | May 6, 2021 | 2021 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Ammu Joseph “Mamata Banerjee has emerged as the first female Chief Minister of a major state to win a third successive term in office.” “KK Shailaja or Shailaja Teacher, as she is popularly known, had the highest margin in Kerala of nearly 61,000 votes.” But these...
by Supriya | Apr 30, 2021 | 2021 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
A photoessay by NWMI Editors West Bengal went to the polls in the midst of a raging pandemic, with elections conducted over a span of a month from March 27 to April 29 for 294 seats. The state witnessed massive political rallies that were attended by lakhs of people....
