Saraswathy Nagarajan welcomed the gathering at the public meeting held on 7 February 2026 at Trivandrum Club, held as part of the 20th National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Below is her speech.
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പെൺ/Pen Power: Media at the Crossroads
‘പെൺ/Pen Power’ is the theme for the souvenir released during the 20th National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The souvenir was released at the public meeting on 7 February 2026. പെൺ/Pen Power intertwines the dual powers of women journalists.
20th National Meeting: Media Coverage Roundup
Here’s a roundup of media coverage of the Network of Women in Media, India’s 20th National Meeting held from 6 to 8 February 2026. Around 150 women media professionals from across the country gathered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala for the national meeting. This year’s theme was Media at the Crossroads: Independence vs Influence.
20th National Meeting Keynote Address by KR Meera on Media at the Crossroads: Independence vs Influence
Award-winning author KR Meera was a journalist in an earlier life. She was, in fact, the first woman journalist at the Malayala Manorama newspaper. Below is the speech she gave as the keynote speaker on 7 February 2026 at Trivandrum Club, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, at the 20th National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media, India. The text has been lightly edited.
All Aboard
In its 24th year as a collective, the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) sets course for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala for its 20th National Meeting. From February 6–8, 2026, women journalists and media practitioners from across the country – including remote and underrepresented regions – will gather to learn, listen, debate and reconnect.
NWMI’s Work on Independent Journalism
Over the years, the Network of Women in Media, India, has worked towards getting recognition, fair payment and better working conditions for independent women journalists.
Hyderabad chapter members join collective in condemning insensitive media coverage of journalist’s death
Members of the Hyderabad chapter of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) were among a collective of women journalists from Hyderabad who released a letter to media organisations on 30 June 2025 in the wake of the tragic death of their colleague, anchor and reporter Swetcha. Her death was sensationalised by both mainstream legacy media and YouTube channels, using clickbait thumbnails and by conducting a media trial.
NWMI condemns attack on Pune journalist Sneha Barve; demands immediate arrest of assailant Pandurang Morde
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) expresses shock and condemnation at the dastardly attack on Sneha Barve, editor of Samarth Bharat newspaper and SBP YouTube channel, in Manchar town near Pune in Maharashtra on July 4, 2025. The NWMI condemns the violence unleashed on her and demands the immediate arrest of the assailant, Pandurang Morde, on charges of attempt to murder.
Call for Applications: NWMI Fellowship 2025
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) invites applications for the NWMI Fellowship 2025.
Game of Blokes
On October 10, 2025, women journalists were excluded from a press conference held in New Delhi by Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, who was on a visit to India. Only male journalists were invited to the press conference at the Embassy of Afghanistan....
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....
R Poornima honoured for contribution to Kannada journalism
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...
NWMI Demands Time-Bound Inquiry into Abuse by HRRFJ Awardee
UPDATE (7 September 2024): The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) welcomes the decision by the Washington-based Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) to withdraw the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Award (HRRFJA) in photojournalism to Umar Altaf...
NWMI Hyderabad chapter joins others in demanding action against harassment of women journalists in Telangana
By Editors “Will there be women journalists left in Telangana in the next 10 years?” This is a serious question raised by about 60 women journalists based in Hyderabad/Telangana. These women journalists, many of whom are members of the Network of Women in Media, India...
Being a journalist in Karbi Anglong
By Helvellyn Timungpi At the NWMI meeting in Mumbai, February 2024. Photo courtesy: Supriya Unni Nair Helvellyn Timungpi from Diphu, recipient of the Sixth NWMI Fellowship for Women Journalists shares highlights of her journey over the past year. Karbi Anglong is an...
“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 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...
NWMI condemns death and rape threats against journalist Thulasi Chandu
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the incessant online harassment and abuse of Hyderabad-based journalist Thulasi Chandu, which amounts to a hate campaign against her and includes threats of rape and murder. The police has not taken action...
NWMI Demands Space for Safe and Independent Reporting of Wrestlers’ Protest
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) notes with distress the accounts about journalists Shubhangi Misra and Manisha Mondal of The Print being molested on 30th May while on assignment covering the protest in Haridwar by India’s renowned wrestlers against sexual...