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Discussion forum — tell us what you think about issues relating to media, women in media and journalism
The Network of Women in Media, India, is an association which aims to provide a forum for women in media professions to share information and resources, exchange ideas, promote media awareness and ethics, and work for gender equality and justice within the media and society. Local groups linked to the NWMI are currently functioning in 16 centres across the country.
 
Satyavati Kondaveeti,  editor, Bhumika, Telegu, receiving the award in the Best Editorial, print category               
UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards Announced. click here for details

> Satyavati Kondaveeti, Editor,
Bhumika,
receiving the award for best
editorial from Dr. TMT Poongodai, Minister
for Social Welfare, Tamil Nadu

The Sixth National Meeting of the Network of Women in Media, India : Mallika Sarabhai giving the keynote address to the annual NWMI meeting at Pune125 media women from all over India, besides other guests, media students and enthusiasts, gathered for the three day long national meet of the Network of Media, India, at Pune, on 8-10 February to discuss important social and media related issues, exchange ideas, views, work and strategies, felicitate women achievers in the media and attend workshops. Mallika Sarabhai was the chief guest and the keynote speaker at the event. For details click here

Discussion on media, security forces and democracy

Beyond vice and victimhood: Towards a balanced media representation of sex workers

Panel discussion on media ethics and sting operation

Azera Parveen Rahman  receiving the second Anupama Jayaraman award, 2008Azera Parveen Rahman, a journalist from Assam, currently working with the Indo Asian News Service in Delhi, has received the second Anupama Jayaraman award, 2008 for her work on the issue of human rights, women and children at the sixth national meeting of the Network of Women in Media, India at Pune.
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A childhood lost to pain - By Azera Parveen Rahman

Resolution of the Network of Women in Media, India.The sixth conference of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) that concluded today expresses deep concern over the Hindi media being barred from a press conference addressed by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray.
Report on NWMI's 5th Annual Meeting
click here..(.pdf, 3.1MB)
The NWMI statement on racist portrayal of northeastern girls by Mail Today
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NWMI letter to West Bengal CM condemning Taslima Nasreen's ouster from the state
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NWMI statement on the Taslima attack
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the recent violent attack on Bangladeshi writer, Taslima Nasreen, in Hyderabad. The attack highlights the security concerns that writers in general and women writers in particular face from fundamentalist forces of all hues.
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Women journalists call for public debate on broadcast bill and content code

The Network of Women in Media, India, registers its concern about the Broadcast Bill (Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, 2007 and Content Code (Self-Regulation Guidelines for the Broadcasting Sector). As media professionals aware of the important role of media in society, we welcome the long-delayed effort towards media regulation, which is a feature of all mature democracies that respect the fundamental human right to freedom of expression, of which freedom of the press/media is a crucial part. The Supreme Court of India has also clearly stated that the airwaves belong to the public and that their use is to be regulated by a public authority in the interests of the public.
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Bills, Codes and Women
Excerpts from an article posted by Ammu Joseph on WIMN: The draft Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, 2007 (a.k.a. Broadcast Bill) and the Self-Regulation Guidelines for the Broadcasting Sector (a.k.a. Content Code) unveiled by the Ministry in the third week of July have raised quite a bit of heat and dust within the Indian media community.

Much of the discussion has focused on the Code, particularly the section relating to news and current affairs programming, and its likely effects on freedom of expression. Although initial reactions from the media industry reflected some unhappiness with the Bill’s provisions relating to media ownership, that issue has subsequently (ominously?) slipped out of sight.
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Indian media coverage of the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict

Dilrukshi Handunnetti, a Sri Lankan journalist, spoke on 11 February at the NWMI meet about the Indian media's coverage of the Sri Lankan conflict and the invisibility of women in Sri Lankan politics and the media.
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Opportunities
> CSE Media Briefing Workshop : Media Briefing Workshop on Pollution and Congestion, May 29-30, 2008
> Sarojini Naidu prize 2008: Deadline - 15 July 2008
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National 
> Letter to Bal Thackeray : Gunning for culture By Jawed Naqvi
> Media and people power With literacy levels increasing rapidly over the past decade, and more and more people having disposable incomes, the media's reach and influence is expanding. But has this expansion and power of media been translated into greater public good? This a haunting and troubling question.
> Media's role in Kerala's healthcare setbacks Has the incessant anti-vaccination campaign carried out by a section of Malayalam media led to a drop in immunization coverage?
> What's community media and what's not? After years of struggle, community radio is finally happening in South Asia. But is everything that goes by the name really community radio?
> A suitable woman. The Public Service Broadcaster has never had a woman Director General in its 80 years of existence. Perhaps it is time for a change.
International
> Mother's Day Message from Amnesty International: Amnesty and its coalition partners were the driving force behind the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) introduced in Congress last October. This bill would authorize nearly $700 million for local programs and services to help end the most brutal forms of violence against women, including honor killings, bride burnings, genital mutilation, mass rapes in war and domestic violence.
This Mother's Day, honor the mothers, sisters and daughters in your life by making a gift to our Stop Violence Against Women campaign.
> Why so few women in media? Why are so few women in the media? Why are women's views not reflected in the media? A Report in Search of Answers and Proposals for Ways Forward
This qualitative study seeks to explain why so few women enter and stay in the media. Interviews with editors, women and male journalists, and members of other institutions suggest that what is on paper, i.e. legislation to bring about more gender equality, has in reality not brought about any dramatic progress in the media and in its coverage of gender...
> Press freedom levels declined in 2007: Report Press freedom has become more restricted in the past year, both in democracies and authoritarian countries, according to a new report by the press freedom watchdog Freedom House titled, Freedom of the Press 2008: A Global Survey of Media Independence, released on April 29.
> World Press Freedom Day 2008:Throughout the world, 3 May serves as an occasion to inform the public of violations of the right to freedom of expression and as a reminder that many journalists brave death or jail to bring people their daily news.
> International women’s day: concern about increasing violence against women journalists
> Gender equality most important struggle on the planet: Stephen Lewis, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World
> Amartya Sen: "If it is globalisation it must be everybody's"
> US lawmakers take Yahoo to task
> Malaysian media and ethnic Indian protests
Malaysia's government has told the mainstream media not to sensationalize a crackdown on ethnic Indians following an unprecedented rally against racial discrimination in Muslim-majority Malaysia, officials said.
> Myanmar regime appeals again 'negative' reporting
> RSF Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007
> CPJ Special Report 2007
> Three-wheeler with a difference

> Internet clogged by 2010? Consumer and corporate Internet usage could outstrip network capacity both in North America and worldwide in a little more than two years, says a new study.

South Asia
> In the Balance:Press Freedom
in South Asia 2007-2008. An IFJ Asia Pacific report.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has released the sixth annual South Asia Press Freedom Report, produced for the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The report, released ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, highlights the serious challenges that continue to confront the media in a region that is home to more than one-fifth of humanity.
> International Women's Day: Women get short shrift in Sri Lanka's media
> Media under fire The media has come under fire again in Sri Lanka with the pre-dawn attack on The Sunday Leader press in Mount Lavinia.
> Continuing attacks on media
> Media organisations join hands for press freedom
> Citizen journalism website wins excellence award
> Vigil against Pemra Ordinances
> Democracy will not go back into the bottle
> Women war reporters hide sexual abuse to keep on getting work
> REAL NEWS — 'The promise' unfolds

Research

> Survey on the State of Indian Freelance Journalists: Newswatch.in has launched the first ever research study about the status of freelance journalists in India

Newsmakers

> Anuradha Nagaraj, City Editor, Indian Express, Delhi, selected for the Prabha Dutt Fellowship, 2007
Reading list
> Headlines from the Heartland
> Communicating Disasters: Asia Pacific Resource Book (.pdf, 156 KB)
> Whose News? and Making News
Resources
> Interjunction: Media meets academia
> AlertNet video outlines tools for journalists
> Monthly features service on HIV and AIDS launched by Panos' Global AIDS Programme
> Online resource for reporters worldwide covering issues related to HIV and AIDS
 
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