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By Editors R Poornima, a member of the Network of Women in Media, India, was recently awarded the TSR Memorial Award by the government of Karnataka for 2021. The TSR Award constituted in memory of senior editor T.S. Ramachandra Rao is given to a journalist who has...
By C G Manjula The final voter turnout in the 14 parliamentary constituencies included in the first phase of polling in Karnataka on April 26 was 69.59%. Women voters outnumbered men in five of the 14 constituencies, according to the revised data shared by the...
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...
By Preethi Nagaraj In electoral politics, men rule the roost. This is not only a fact but an evidently unchangeable fact and one that established more strongly with every passing election. After Independence, women expected increased representation in electoral...
By Ammu Joseph A deplorable scene unfolded in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on February 12, with Speaker Ramesh Kumar’s odious comparison of his ordeal over allegations of corruption to that of a rape survivor being greeted with jokes and laughter by fellow...
By Editors The All India Mahila Empowerment Party (AIMEP) has entered the electoral fray in Karnataka. The new party, promising to boost the participation of women in politics, irrespective of their caste and religion, was launched five months ago in New Delhi. At the...
By Ammu Joseph It looks as if it’s not just Bengaluru, but Karnataka as a whole, that’s unfriendly towards women in politics. According to this report in The Economic Times (also published in the Bangalore edition of The Times of India on 17 April, p2), “On an...
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 Preethi Nagaraj The Election Commission announced today that elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly will be held on May 12. In the face of impending elections, the state is standing at the crossroads on many issues. Till now, the question of women’s...
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.