The Network of Women in Media, India, condemns the series of attacks against women journalists across the country and demands decisive action to deal with them and to send a clear message that such behaviour will not be tolerated.
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There’s No Honour in “Dowry Death”
In a heartbreaking case from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district, 27-year-old Rithanya ended her life just two and a half months after her wedding, allegedly driven to suicide by relentless dowry harassment from her husband and in-laws. Her parents had hosted a wedding...
“Stop Online Harassment of Haseena Shaik”: NWMI
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the reprehensible online harassment and derogatory comments directed at Telugu television journalist Haseena Shaik via the social media platforms affiliated with a prominent political party in Andhra...
NWMI condemns moral policing by Tamil news channels
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) condemns the recent ‘coverage’ by certain Tamil news outlets of an incident at the Big Bull Lounge in Chennai. Not only was the incident misreported, women at the bar were sexually harassed, shamed and hounded by the...
NWMI condemns K Annamalai’s conduct towards journalist
The Network of Women in Media, India is shocked at the disparaging remarks made by the Tamil Nadu President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mr K Annamalai, to a woman journalist in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, during a press meet on October 1. Responding to her question on...
“Stop Intimidation and Harassment of Masrat Zahra’s Family”: NWMI
The Network of Women in Media, India, expresses its outrage at the harassment and violence meted out to the elderly parents of award-winning Kashmiri photojournalist and NWMI member Masrat Zahra. Such harassment of vulnerable family members is an abhorrent strategy of...
NWMI Kerala chapter statement on M. Radhakrishnan
To eminent personalities in political and cultural spheres, a statement by a collective of women journalists, Network of Women in Media (NWMI) Kerala chapter : Women journalists in Kerala have been protesting since November 2019 against the misogyny of a section of...
Better Safety for Journalists
By EditorsImage credit: Pixabay NWM, Mumbai, facilitated a discussion amongst women journalists as well as male and female photojournalists in Mumbai on August 24, 2013. The meeting discussed issues related to the safety of journalists, the difficulties faced by...