The misogynistic comments voters heard in the run-up to the Tamil Nadu election reflects a political culture that offers token support to women while denying them the basic right to dignity.
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Why The Media Needs To Go Beyond Tamil Nadu’s ‘Freebies’ Narrative
By Editors Tamil Nadu’s ‘freebie’ culture has often come under criticism, especially from those who view it from outside the state. Elections in Tamil Nadu have also come to be defined by ‘freebies’. From colour television sets to gas stoves, the offer of ‘freebies’...
Sexism on the political stage
By Kavitha Muralidharan It was a mask not many had expected to fall. In the course of heated campaigning in Chennai on a sultry March day, former Union Minister A Raja – often seen as the intellectual face of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and perhaps rightly so...
“Desist from harassing journalists in Tamil Nadu”
Journalists need the freedom to investigate and report on stories of public interest –whether illegal sand mining or corrpuption– and hold those in power accountable. A free press, is after all, one of the cornerstones of a democracy, without which it would be reduced to a farce. The NWMI therefore calls upon the Tamil Nadu police to desist from harassing journalists and stop the witch-hunt to which they are being subjected. The BJP must ask its members to cease false propaganda and innuendo against journalists who were doing their job.
Tamil Nadu’s Women Leaders Live, Work In The Shadow Of Violence
By Raksha Kumar India Spend is publishing a three-part series on women in grassroots governance in Tamil Nadu. This is the first story, which looks at how women leaders are intimidated through violence. The article has stories of women who have been killed for being...
NWMI condemns Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s misconduct towards Lakshmi Subramanian
The Network of Women in Media in India (NWMI), a collective of women media professionals across India, strongly condemns the patronising behaviour of Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, towards a woman journalist, Lakshmi Subramanian, at a press conference held in Chennai on Tuesday, April 17. The Governor decided to pat Lakshmi on the cheek when asked a question by the journalist – an act that amounts to sexual harassment at the workplace under the laws of the country.
Stop online harassment of Chennai journalist Sandhya Ravishankar: NWMI
The Network of Women in Media, India condemns the harassment of Chennai-based independent journalist Sandhya Ravishankar following her expose on the illegal beach sand mining mafia in Tamil Nadu operating with political collusion.
NWMI complains to Tamil Nadu CM about harassment of Chennai-based journalist
Kavin Malar, a Chennai based journalist, faced online harassment from Kishore K Swamy, a self-proclaimed AIADMK supporter, despite her police complaint. NWMI formally requested the Tamil Nadu CM to intervene urgently and act against the offender, through the following...
NWMI statements on sexual harassment at Sun TV
Eclipsing women’s rights: sexual harassment at Sun TV -- statements of NWMI, IFJ and Sun TV On March 27, Chennai-based Sun TV news anchor S Akila was suspended when she complained of sexual harassment. NWMI has called for Akila’s immediate reinstatement, an...
Statement against sexist cartoon in Lakbima
Lakbima cartoon: a new low for misogyny in the print media We, the undersigned, condemn the sexist portrayal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a cartoon by Hasantha Wijenayake published in the Sri Lankan daily...