Network of women in media, India
5th National Meeting
Bangalore
9-11 February 2007
Day I: 9 February 2007
| 9.00 – 10.30 a.m |
Registration (Vidyadeep College) |
| 10.30 – 11.00 a.m |
Tea/Coffee |
| 11.00 – 12.00 p.m |
Introductions, Interaction, Announcements
(Vidyadeep College) |
| 12.00 – 1.00 p.m |
Early Lunch |
| 1.15 p.m |
Leave for Mount Carmel College |
| 2.00 - 4.00 pm |
Film screening and discussion (Mount Carmel
College) |
Film 1:
Coding Culture — Bangalore's Software Industry:
July Boys and The 'M'Way
(one-hour session with half-an-hour for discussion
on excerpts from two of a series of three half-hour
ethnographic films on the IT/ITES industry)
Directed by Gautam Sonti in collaboration with
Carol Upadhya
Produced by the National Institute of Advanced
Studies, Bangalore, India
For details see http://www.iisc.ernet.in/nias/codingculture.htm
The film-maker(s) will be present
for interaction before and after screening.
(Rationale: these films are
on a “hot” topic associated with Bangalore,
are related to panel discussion on Saturday morning
and have not been shown widely in India –
participants may like to write on the film/interview
the film-makers and/or refer to the series in
broader article/programme on related subjects)
Film 2:
Suttaru Solloppadavaru — Burnt not destroyed
Directed by Sanjana C.B. and Usha B.N.
(one-hour session with half-an-hour for discussion)
The revised and updated version of this documentary
film incorporates recent developments in the growing
phenomenon of acid attacks on women. The Campaign
and Struggle Against Acid Attacks on Women (CSAAAW),
a coalition of organisations and individuals across
Karnataka, which has been collecting and collating
information on acid attacks in the state and is
in touch with people/organisations dealing with
the issue elsewhere in the country, can provide
an overview of the situation, including recent
developments on the legal and judicial fronts,
and talk about how the media can play a role in
the campaign for justice. The film-makers (one
is an NWMB member) and members of CSAAAW, possibly
including a couple of survivors, will participate
in the discussion.
(Rationale: This is a particularly
heinous form of violence against women which appears
to be gaining ground in India/South Asia; Karnataka-based
CSAAAW is probably the only organisation in the
country devoted to this issue; NWMI members may
like to review the film and/or write about the
issue/campaign, thereby contributing to the fight
against VAW)
| 4 – 4.30 p.m |
Tea/coffee |
| 5.00 – 7.30 p.m |
Public Meeting featuring, among other things,
keynote address by chief guest Gloria
Steinem and presentation of the Anupama
Jayaraman Memorial Award for Young Women Journalists
– with Ruth Manorama, recipient of the
Right Livelihood Award 2006, presenting the
award |
| 8.30 p.m |
Dinner with speaker(s) and other guests
|
Day II: 10 February 2007
(Vidyadeep College)
| 8.15 –
8.45 a.m |
Yoga |
| 8.45–
9.15 a.m |
Personal/professional
self-help
- Tips on health
and nutrition for the professional woman
on the go
|
| 9.15– 9.25 a.m |
Announcements |
| 9.25– 9.50 a.m |
Tea/Coffee |
| 10.00 a.m. –
12.00 p.m |
Panel Discussion:
The Media, IT/ITES/ICTs and Gender |
- Scholar
who has written on gender and IT
- Woman executive from IT company
- Woman employee of BPO company
and member of UNITES
- Health professional dealing
with IT/ITES clients
- Researcher/activist: IT, women
and development
-
Q&A, Open Discussion
(Rationale: Bangalore is known
as the Silicon Plateau and there is considerable
media hype relating to the IT/ITES sector - however,
little attention is paid to the many, different
gender-related aspects of this high-profile, high-performing
part of the new economy except in connection with
occasional, sensational crimes (ref. the Pratibha
and Tanya murder cases). Even less attention is
paid to the role of ICTs in development and women's
empowerment at the grassroots. This session is
designed to bring these neglected areas together
to improve understanding and coverage of an important
sector of the Indian economy.)
| 12.00 – 12.30
p.m |
Journalist participants from
Sri Lanka speak about the escalating
conflict in the country and media coverage
of it. |
| 12.30 - 1.30 p.m |
Lunch |
| 1.45 – 3.15 p.m |
Interaction among participants (2-3 parallel
sessions) |
| |
A: Discussion with women journalists from
regional language media on the future of
Indian language media in the context of
globalisation and the experiences, working
conditions and issues for discussion flagged
by women working in language media - discussion
led by women from the Kannada media
B: Discussion on/with rural women working
in community media on their experiences,
successes, hopes/aspirations, difficulties
and issues for discussion, with special
focus on the implications on the ground
of the new legislation on community radio
Option C?: Discussion on proposed gender-sensitive
media stylebook
Option D?: Discussion on what constitutes
news in the era of 24x7 TV news, how news
gets constructed, roles played by PR agencies,
event managers, NGOs, etc.
|
| 3.15 – 3.30 p.m. |
Tea/Coffee |
| 3.30 – 4.00 p.m |
Reports to plenary from above group discussions
|
| 4.00 – 5.30 p.m |
Reporting/introspection by local networks,
including ideas for future activities at local,
national and regional levels |
| 7 – 8.30 p.m |
(optional): Interaction with woman artist
and art collector at local art gallery |
(Rationale: Women artists
have been making a mark in the Indian art world
for several years. Some of them reflect their
sense of being a woman and their consciousness
of gender in their work. An exhibition by one
such Bangalore-based artist, Shanthamani, will
be on at a gallery in the city during the NWMI
meet. At the same time, while everyone knows about
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw as a leader in the bio-tech
field and, of course, as a billionaire; fewer
people know that she is a connoisseur, collector
and promoter of art. This voluntary interaction
with an artist and an art lover is bound to be
interesting as well as to yield stories.)
Day
III: 11 February 2007 (Vidyadeep College)
| 8.15
– 8.45 a.m |
Yoga |
| 8.45–
9.15 a.m |
Personal/professional
self-help
- · Health session: Avoiding/dealing
with occupational hazards?
|
| 9.15–
9.25 a.m |
Announcements |
| 9.30
– 11.00 a.m |
Discussion/decisions on NWMI: Towards More
Effective Functioning -- Structure, Systems,
Membership, Website, E-group(s) |
| 11.00
– 11.25 noon |
Tea/Coffee |
| 11.30
– 12.30 p.m |
Discussion/decisions on NWMI: Towards More
Constructive/Productive Action -- Future Activities,
including next national meet venue/host |
| 12.30
– 1.15 p.m |
Discussion/decisions on regional collaboration
and coordination in working towards a Network
of Women in Media, South Asia |
| 1.15–
2.15 p.m |
Lunch |
| 2.30
– 4.30 p.m |
Panel Discussions
(parallel sessions)
A. Production, Property,
Propriety and the Media
(Rationale: Journalists generally have
little knowledge of the broader media context
in which they operate and there is very
little reporting of developments in the
media sector, let alone much professional
understanding of the implications of the
emerging legislative and policy scenario
vis a vis the media's role in democracy.
The proposed panel discussion on the emerging
media environment at the global and national
levels will cover a wide range of interesting
and important issues that media professionals
need to understand and possibly report/comment
on.)
B: Panel Discussion: Emerging Opportunities
& Challenges in Media Professions
- Print
- TV (private, public)
- Radio (private, public, community)
- New Media
- Publishing
- Film?
- Q&A
|
| 4.30 - 5 p.m: |
Tea/Coffee |
| 5.00 - 6 p.m: |
Wrap-up (Summary, Major Decisions, Coordinators
for Future Tasks, Thanks, etc.) |
| |
Evening free (and/or possible dinner at
the Press Club) |
Departures
11th evening or 12th morning
(Check-out accordingly to save on accommodation
costs)
Post-meet
activity:
Workshop on Child Labour and Children and
Media, starting with sessions in Bangalore (including
sessions with children involved in drawing up
a Children's Media Code) and followed by a field
trip to Kundapur (in South Canara district, near
Mangalore and Udupi) to visit rural projects of
the Concerned for Working Children and interact
with children of Bhima Sangha (child workers'
organisation) who have been involved in the Makkala
Panchayat (children's panchayat) initiative in
taking children and their concerns on board in
local governance, organised by The Concerned for
Working Children, Bangalore
Other side-lights during 3-day meeting:
- Exhibition/sale of books by
Streelekha (Bangalore-based women's book store)
- including books by NWMI members/other media
women in different languages
- Possible exhibition/sale
of hand-made paper and hand-printed textile
products by rural women's self-help groups,
Kirana and Deepa
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