The Network of Women in Media, India, has turned 20! To celebrate this important milestone in the journey of the first and only network of its kind in the country, we are organising a three-day event on 18, 19 and 20 March, 2022. It is perforce an online event, thanks to pandemic-related uncertainties, but we hope it will be a virtual simulation of the15 regular national meetings held in different parts of the country between 2002 and 2020. These periodic meetings, which are eagerly anticipated by members, are planned and organised by volunteer members of local networks, who somehow make the time and summon up the energy and enthusiasm to do so in the midst of their own professional work and other preoccupations. The gatherings constitute a unique opportunity for media women in India from various age groups, working in different forms of media in a variety of languages, as well as media researchers and teachers, to meet, get to know each other and discuss issues of common interest, in addition to having fun and building relationships. This year, too, the programme has been painstakingly put together by a team of volunteers, albeit based in different places. As in our regular, physical meetings, some of the events are open to the public while others are restricted to members only.
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sessions
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Good economics for hard times
Esther Duflo, Co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2019
open to public
Open to public, with prior registration
Title : Half the Picture - Why women need to tell stories and be in them
1. Anjali Menon (Producer, Director, Writer) - Malayalam
2. Deepti Gupta (Director and Cinematographer) – Hindi
3. Jeny Dolly (Assistant Director) – Tamil
4. Rima Kallingal (Producer, Actor) – Malayalam +
5. Shazia Iqbal (Director, Production Designer) – Hindi
6. Sunita Tati (Producer) – Telugu
Moderator : Anna M M Vetticad, journalist and authorTitle : Mobile Journalism - How to do good journalism on a mobile phone.
Conducted by Google News InitiativeTitle: Socially relevant journalism: From margins to mainstream
1. Chandrani Sinha, Independent multimedia journalist, Guwahati
2. Jayashree Bokil, journalist with Dainik Bhaskar and Divya Marathi
3. Jisha Elizabeth, environment journalist, senior sub editor, Madhyamam
4. Menaka Rao, Independent journalist and podcaster covering health and law
5. Ramya Kannan, Tamil Nadu bureau chief, The Hindu
Moderator: Kalpana Sharma, Independent journalist, columnist and author01. The NWMI website then and now - Anjali Mathur
02. 'Lest We Forget', a tribute to journalists who succumbed to Covid-19 - Annie Philip
03. The NWMI's jobs initiative and Letdown in Lockdown webinar series - Jagriti Chandra
04. Workplace sexual harassment and the NWMI's critique of the judgment in the Tarun Tejpal case - Anumeha Yadav
05. The Global Media Monitoring Project 2020-21 - Padmaja Shaw
06. The NWMI-FSC-SabrangIndia joint seminar on Pegasus and the Deep State - Geeta Seshu
07. The NWMI Fellowship - Jayanti Baruda
08. NWMI Fellow 2021 - AkhilaEaswaran
09. Study conducted by the NWMI on gender perspectives in COVID-19 reportage - Sweta Singh
10. Webinar organised by NWMI-Bihar to highlight gender inequality in media coverage - Sumita Jaiswal
11. Journalists For Afghanistan, an NWMI photo fund-raiser for Afghan women journalists in danger after the Taliban take-over - Yirmiyan Arthur
12. Media monitoring project leading to the report, Staging Aggressive Masculinity - Usha Raman
13. The Gender Media Elections blog - Ammu Joseph
They wrote the elections
1. Babita Gautam, founder, The Voice
2. Kavita Bundelkhandi, editor-in-chief, Khabar Lahariya
3. Kavitha Muralidharan, independent journalist
4. Ninglun Hangal, independent journalist
5. Smita Gupta, senior journalist
Moderator: Bhanupriya Rao, founder BehanBoxMember introductions through chapter co-ordinators, and interactions between NWMI members from across the country
Moderator: Vasanthi HariprakashIntroductions to possible future initiatives:
1. Online Abuse/SH Response Cell: Ayswarya Murthy (10 min)
2. Freelancers’ Union: Geeta Seshu and Rohini Mohan (10 min)
3. Accreditation and proposed NWMI ID Cards: Leena Reghunath (5 min)
Moderator: Ayswarya Murthy
Open discussion among members
The Keynote address on 18 March and the Panel Discussion on 19 March are open to the public.
Please click here to register for the events. Hurry!
No, registration for the anniversary events is free of cost. Please hurry and register!
Yes, the public events will be live streamed at (link…)
Yes, the public sessions will be recorded and available on our website.
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is a collective that serves as 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.
Our current membership comprises over 550 media women based in almost all Indian states (and some overseas locations), working in print, digital and electronic media in multiple languages. Members are connected virtually through an email listserv as well as via social media groups, but also meet in person during periodic national meetings in various venues across the country. Local networks in several cities also periodically organise get-togethers and events.
The NWMI takes strong, prompt public positions on journalists’ rights and media ethics, while standing alongside media women in various struggles for gender equality, safety and justice, at both individual and community levels.
The network recognises and celebrates the achievements of fellow members, while also offering solidarity and support to colleagues facing various obstacles and injustices in the course of work, including through a fellowship program. A major area of focus has been the precarious situation of independent/freelance journalists; details of initiatives in this area are available here.
The NWMI is a 100% not-for-profit organisation – a voluntary, informal, non-hierarchical, participatory collective with no institutional affiliation, infrastructure or paid staff. It is entirely dependent on members’ contributions of time, energy and money. Decision-making is transparent and consensus-based, following extensive deliberation. The network has launched initiatives such as the NWMI Fellowship, the Letdown in Lockdown series (in response to the widespread loss of jobs and incomes in the wake of the Covid pandemic) and the Gender, Media and Elections blog, in addition to a number of surveys and publications.
For further enquiries, please write to us at nwmi.contact@gmail.com.
For details on how to become a member click here.
