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NWMI Sounds Alarm over Weakening Editorial Independence, Calls for a Gender Sensitive Media Environment
The 20th National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), held in Thiruvananthapuram from February 6 to 8, identified a number of trends that are fast eroding editorial independence and shaping public discourse in ways that delegitimise the voices and experiences of women and other marginalised sections.
19th National Meet: Media Coverage Roundup
Here’s a roundup of media coverage of the Network of Women in Media, India’s 19th National Meet held from 31 January-2 February 2025. More than 180 women media professionals from 22 states across the country gathered in Guwahati for the national meet. This year’s theme was ‘Media, Conflict, Climate Change: Impact on Women’.
NWMI Calls for Sustained, Responsible and In-depth Reporting on and from the Northeast
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) concluded its 19th National Meeting in Guwahati on 2 February 2025, calling for more responsible and sensitive reporting on North East India and a more secure environment for independent journalists to carry out their work....
Media, Conflict, Climate Change and its Impact on Women at 2025 NWMI National Meeting
By Editors The countdown begins for the Network of Women in Media, India’s 19th National Meet in Guwahati from 31 January-2 February 2025. This year's theme is ‘Media, Conflict, Climate Change: Impact on Women’. More than 200 women mediapersons from across the...
NWMI National Meeting 2025 at Guwahati
By Editors Picturesque Guwahati will be hosting the 19th national meeting of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) from January 31 to February 2, 2025. Perched along the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra, Guwahati is nestled within an amphitheatre of verdant...
NWMI members win Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards
By Editors Sushmita and Disha Shetty of the Network of Women in Media, India, were among winners of the 2024 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. Organisers said CCNow received more than 1,250 entries, from journalists in dozens of countries working in every...
Conversations held under trees: Aligarh’s women voters on electricity, elections and climate change
By Meher Ali It is not as if the public does not care. In 2017, Climate Trends, a communications company, conducted a survey in six cities in Uttar Pradesh to find out whether the public in the most populous state cared about climate change. The United Nations...