India's first #MissIndia winner, and an acclaimed journalist covering fashion, society and more, #MeherCastelino passed away on December 16. #India #WomenInJournalism #WomenInMedia #FeminaMissIndia #NWMI

NWMI congratulates our members on winning the 15th #Laadli Media and Advertising #awards for Gender Sensitivity More about the winners, and links to the stories that won, here: nwmindia.org/network-news... #NWMI #GenderSensitivity #MediaAwards #WomeninMedia #WomeninJournalism

Congratulations!! Senior journalist Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, in a historic win, is the first woman president of the Press Club of India.

Avalkoppam by Anupama Bijur INKSIGHTS DECEMBER 2025 The Kerala assault survivor’s decision to come forward in 2017 and seek justice was a turning point for Malayalam cinema and for Kerala.

Congratulations to #NWMI member Akangjungla on her new role as the #editor of the Morung Express. Akangjungla was a field reporter, sub-editor, and assistant editor, and has grown up the ranks to this new role. #Journalism #Mediajobs #MorungExpress

On #NWMI #GenderMediaElections this week, a lesson from #Bihar: Ignore women voters at your own peril. NWMI Member #NamitaBhandare writes, accusation "ignores two decades of sheer hard work by Nitish Kumar in improving his state’s gender indices." Read the post here: nwmindia.org/gender-lens/...

In solidarity with Kashmir Times and standing with NWMI Member, Anuradha Bhasin. kashmirtimes.com/news/sia-rai...

How Indian Women Vote—And Why @anniephilip.bsky.social interviews journalist, Ruhi Tewari author of 'What Women Want: Understanding The Female Voter in Modern India' (Juggernaut, October 2025. Tewari has spent nearly two decades covering policy and politics.

Election Workers Labour for Democracy but Never Get the Spotlight With #Bihar election results coming in today, #NWMI looks at the unseen, unacknowledged efforts of the women election workers in India. #GenderMediaElections #GenderLens Read the full post here: nwmindia.org/gender-lens/...

Ireland’s recent Presidential election was special: the two main women contenders vied for the position based not on their gender but on their political beliefs writes Priyanka Borpujari

NWMI stands in solidarity with Tamil actor Gouri G Kishan, who recently faced a body-shaming question during a press conference. We applaud Gouri K Kishan for calling out the YouTube vlogger for the inappropriate questions

Chak De! India "For those who have been following women’s cricket (or any of the other women’s sports teams) the symbolism of this victory was massive. The girls in blue hit tradition, restriction, doubt, stereotypes, sexism and more out of the park–and how." -Anupama Bijur in this month's InkSights

The growing number of female voters in Bihar is weakening the grip of caste politics and infusing fresh democratic energy into the political arena, writes Sumita Jaiswal. nwmindia.org/gender-lens/...

The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) condemns the recent threats of extreme violence against journalist Rana Ayyub and her family. We stand in solidarity with Ayyub and note with concern the sustained vilification of the journalist and author. #JournalismIsNotACrime #WomenJournalists

Join #NWMI in congratulating members #NileenaAtholi & #RenuRamanath. Nileena won the inaugural Paloli Kunjimuhammed Memorial Media Award. Renu Ramanath won the 2025 Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Vijayakumar Menon Memorial Award. #WomenInJournalism #Award #JournalismAwards

A Game of Blokes Women journalists were excluded from the Taliban press conference in Delhi. Proving again that it’s not easy for women to be visible and have a voice in the media. Read the full post here: nwmindia.org/gender-lens/... #InkSights #GenderMediaLens #WomenInMedia #NWMI #AnupamaBijur

The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference held in the Embassy of Afghanistan in Delhi by the country’s Foreign Minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, on October 10, 2025.

Congratulations to #NWMI member KA Beena on winning the The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting 2024! #Award #RuralReporting #KABeena

The #NWMI condemns the trolling & intimidation of #Kashmiri journalist #GafiraQadir. Gafira reviewed the film #SongsOfParadise, in which she called out the sidelining of political, historical and social realities of Kashmir Read our statement here: nwmindia.org/statements/s...

The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) condemns the controversy generated over the invitation extended to renowned Kannada writer and International Booker Prize awardee Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the 2025 Mysuru Dasara, Karnataka’s Naada Habba (state festival).

Journalists are under attack. Journalism is under attack. And so is your right to receive reliable information without bias. Read this month's InkSights here: nwmindia.org/gender-lens/... #InkSights #AnupamaBijur #NWMI #PressFreedom #MediaFreedom

#StopTheGenocide #StopTargetingJournalists #StopKillingJournalists #PressFreedom #opencorridorstogaza #GazaGenocide‌ #GazaIsStarving #gazaundersiege #EndTheOccupation #SupportPalestinianJournalists #MediaFreedom #StandWithGaza #JournalismPalestine #GazaJournalists #LetThemReport

On the #NWMI website, member #AiswaryaRaj writes about the #RachnatmakMahilaManch in #Uttarakhand where they are Taking Power Back From ‘Pradhan Patis’ Read the post here: nwmindia.org/gender-lens/... #GenderMediaElections #GenderLens #Elections #Politics

On the #NWMI website, member #SumitaJaiswal writes about the #Bihar #SIR exercise by the Election Commission and how it weakens women's participation in our electoral democracy Read the post here: nwmindia.org/gender-lens/... #GenderMediaElections #GenderLens #Elections #Politics

The #NWMI stands in solidarity with the people of #Palestine, and with the #journalists who have reporting from the ground, in the midst of a #genocide. Read our statement from 2023: nwmindia.org/statements/n...

Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.

Global condemnation grows after Palestinians held funerals for five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, with the UN calling it a “grave breach of international humanitarian law.” 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/9f0y06

The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned 25 books on Kashmir, many of them acclaimed works by eminent authors, alleging that they “excite secessionism” and endanger India’s sovereignty and integrity. Safeena Wani reports. nwmindia.org/features/fro...

In this month's #InkSights, NWMI’s @BijurAnupama focuses on India’s rank in the Global Gender Gap report, which has slipped to 131st, down by three whole positions, from 2024.

Congratulations to @dhanyarajendran.bsky.social for winning the Prof. Maxwell Fernandez #Journalism Award. This is in recognition of building @thenewsminute.com into a trustworthy and credible news platform. Read more: nwmindia.org/network-news...

Journalist Augustina Soreng of Simdega, #Jharkhand has been conferred the 7th #NWMI fellowship. Augustina is a teacher, activist and journalist. Read more here: nwmindia.org/initiatives/... #AugustinaSoreng #NWMIFellowship

The NWMI condemns the attack on journalist Sneha Barve, editor of Samarth Bharat newspaper and SBP YouTube channel. Sneha wa attacked in Manchar near Pune, Maharashtra, on July 4, 2025. NWMI demands the immediate arrest of the assailant, Pandurang Morde. nwmindia.org/statements/n... #SnehaBarve

Dowry Deaths and Misplaced Notions of Honour #InkSights by #NWMI member #AnupamaBijur In Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district, 27-year-old Rithanya ended her life two and a half months after her wedding, allegedly driven to suicide by relentless dowry harassment. nwmindia.org/gender-lens/...

Congratulations to members Meera K of @citizenmatters.bsky.social for winning the Gene Burd Award for Excellence in Urban Journalism, and to Kanika for winning in the Short Documentary at the One World Media Awards 2025! Read more: nwmindia.org/network-news... and nwmindia.org/network-news...

Today, 25 June 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous Internal Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. From June 1975 to March 1977 India experienced censorship of the press, suspension of civil liberties and weakening of institutional independence.

NWMI urges the Indian government and the Indian Embassy in Cairo to ensure that Nikita’s passport is returned immediately, and that she be allowed to carry out her professional duties. Nikita Jain was reporting for Maktoob Media on The Global March to Gaza. nwmindia.org/statements/n...

The new Inksights by Anupama Bijur has just dropped! When schools across Kerala reopened this June, students returned to classrooms with more than just new timetables. They will learn from newly revised textbooks that reflect a more inclusive and progressive worldview.

NWMI stands in solidarity with & congratulates #HimalSouthasian, following the dismissal of a contempt of court case filed against the magazine & its editor, over an investigative article on #Vantara, the Ambani-led Reliance group’s contentious wildlife project.(1/6)

The campaign for gender equality is exhausting & feels unending, which makes it crucial to celebrate every single win, so as to keep despair & burnout at bay. This week, we at NWMI celebrate the women employees of #NewsLaundry who have taken an abusive misogynist to court. (1/9)

On #Gender, #Media & #Elections, Urvashi Sarkar writes: "Women are traditionally considered more peace-loving than men. But such perceptions tend to essentialise gender, reduce men and women to opinions and behaviours based solely on being male or female." nwmindia.org/gender-lens/...

NWMI protests inclusion of MJ Akbar, accused of sexual harassment, in the all-party delegation to Europe. Read the fully statement here: nwmindia.org/statements/n... #MJAkbar #SexualHarassment

The Network of Women in Media, India unequivocally condemns the reckless and unprofessional conduct of numerous Indian television news channels and high-profile journalists in their coverage of “Operation Sindoor”. nwmindia.org/statements/n...

NWMI and other journalists and networks condemn Bihar’s Nalanda DPRO's assault on journalist Pramod Kumar. Read the full statement here: nwmindia.org/network-news... #Bihar #Nalanda #DPRO #KheloIndia #NWMI

"What did the suffragette movement, the two World Wars, the Vietnam war, the Great Recession and the Ukraine invasion have in common? The answer may surprise you." nwmindia.org/gender-lens/... InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur. #InkSights #GenderEquality #Media

"I get my power from the Constitution. Freedom of expression is my fundamental right", says #NehaSinghRathore, the Bhojpuri singer and commentator charged with sedition following her questioning of the #Pahalgam attack. Watch this interview with NWMI's Neetu Singh youtu.be/QYusYDFi7qU?...

Pahalgam terror attack: NWMI demands that criminal charges against political commentators be dropped. #NehaSinghRathore, #DrMedusa, #TheRantingGola #Pahalgam Read the full statement here: nwmindia.org/statements/p...

The twin engines of the manosphere and ‘momosphere’, spreading through viral, seemingly harmless social media content and fueled by algorithms, pose a major threat to the hard-won gains of the long feminist struggle for equal rights. nwmindia.org/gender-lens/... #InkSights #GenderEquality #Media

Three NWMI members were among the 27 journalists recognised for their work at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards for the year 2023. President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards on March 19 in New Delhi. Congrats Jisha Elizabeth @jishaeliza.bsky.social Somita Pal Maitri Porecha

We congratulate our member Priyanka Tupe who has been awarded the inaugural Kamla Mankekar Award for Journalism on Gender 2024 by The Media Foundation. Priyanaka Tupe is a senior correspondent of Behan Box based in Maharashtra.