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By Prema Viswanathan Consider this fact: London has 31,432 heritage sites that are protected. New York has 37,600. And New Delhi? A shockingly low 1,271! This nugget of information was one of many chilling facts disclosed by Meera Iyer, independent writer, researcher...
September 2019 will mark a year since the flood of revelations of sexual harassment in the Indian entertainment and media industry. At a meeting organised by the Network of Women in Media, Bangalore and the Gamana Women’s Collective at the Press Club of Bangalore on August 12, 2019.
By Ammu Joseph Just one woman MLA in the past 20 years! What’s up, Bengaluru?! The facts revealed in this timely report by Rakesh Prakash are telling. Only one woman has been elected from a Bengaluru assembly constituency during the last four elections in...
By Manasi Kumar We take elections very seriously in India - after all as the largest democracy in the world who sets world records with them, nobody really does them better than us. And, given the context of the conversations around gender today, it is also important...
To the spirit of Gauri Lankesh, you inspire us forever. To journalists everywhere, this is a note of solidarity. We the Network of Women in the Media, India solemnly swear to uphold the values of journalism. This does not and should not need to be prefaced with good. Or courageous. Or brave. We must simply power on in the face of the greatest adversity, threats and political opposition to do what our job mandates. To be free and fair and stand together solidly behind each other to be able to rise against the tidal wave of intolerance and often criminal intimidation that surrounds us and tries to prevent us everywhere. We want to declare to ourselves and to everyone that is watching with and without malice – we will not be prevented, silenced, outdone or shut down.