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The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is a pan-India, non-hierarchical, volunteer-based collective of women mediapersons. Insta: @nwm_india
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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.
A young woman takes a selfie in front of a voter awareness display. Behind her, four other women and a man pose inside a cardboard photo frame encouraging voting in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, each showing inked fingers. The frame features SVEEP election-awareness branding. Text at the bottom reads, “How Indian Women Vote – And Why,” with the NWMI logo.
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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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

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A poster highlighting the role of women election workers in India, who are often unacknowledged, under appreciated. Poster shows a photo of a group of women sitting on the floor of a portico/verandah, with notebooks and registers spread out between them. A woman is also seated on a plastic chair. Poster text reads #Gender@Polls, Election Workers Labour for Democracy but Never Get the Spotlight. The #NWMI logo is at bottom.
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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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
Catherine Connolly, a smiling older woman with short gray hair wearing a royal blue blazer. Text on the right side reads: 'How Ireland Elected a Female President for the Third Time.' The logo of NWMI (Network of Women in Media, India) appears in the top right corner on a purple background.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Gouri K Kishan addressing of this issue underscores the imperative for dignified and ethical interaction between the media and artists.
A formal statement from actress Gouri G. Kishan, dated 8th November 2025, addressing an incident during a press conference where a YouTube vlogger made an inappropriate remark about her body. The statement discusses the need to reflect on media–artist relationships, condemns body-shaming and appearance-based scrutiny, and emphasizes empathy, sensitivity, and respect. Gouri expresses gratitude to the Chennai Press Club, AMMA Association, South India Nadigar Sangam, the press, and the public for their support.
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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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
A press release document from the Chennai Press Club dated 07/11/2025. condemns a YouTuber’s inappropriate question to actress Gouri Kishan about her body weight during a press meet for the film “Others.” The statement calls the behavior unethical and sexist, urges journalists to call out such conduct, and praises Gouri Kishan for assertively expressing her discomfort.
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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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
Illustration of a female cricketer in blue gear swinging a bat. Surrounding her are four orange starbursts labeled “ANXIETY,” “STEREOTYPES,” “DOUBT,” and “SEXISM,” symbolizing the challenges she is overcoming. The artwork is signed “Anupama Biswas 2025.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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जाति आधारित राजनीति ने लोकतंत्र और बिहार के विकास को लंबे समय तक हाशिये पर रखा। लेकिन अब बिहार में एक बड़ा बदलाव देखा जा रहा है। महिलाएं, विशेषकर युवतियां, अपने मताधिकार को लेकर सजग और मुखर हुई हैं। उभरता हुआ महिला वोट बैंक जातीय राजनीति की जकड़न को कमज़ोर कर रहा है।
रंग-बिरंगी साड़ियों में महिलाएँ मतदान के बाद अपनी स्याही लगी उंगलियाँ दिखाते हुए मुस्कुरा रही हैं। उनके पीछे कई अन्य लोग भी अपने वोटर कार्ड दिखा रहे हैं। ऊपर लिखा है “बिहार चुनाव 2025” और नीचे टेक्स्ट है “महिला वोट से टूट रही है जाति की राजनीति – बिहार की नई ताकत।” नीचे “NWMI – Network of Women in Media, India” का लोगो है।
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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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.

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A group of women in colorful saris stand together, smiling and showing the ink on their fingers after voting. Behind them, a crowd of people also hold up their voter ID cards. Text on the image reads: “GENDER@POLLS ’25 – When Women Vote, Caste Loses – Bihar’s New Political Force.” At the bottom is the logo of NWMI, the Network of Women in Media, India.
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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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
A social media graphic by the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), showing solidarity with journalist Rana Ayyub. The top section includes the NWMI logo. Below that is a screenshot from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) article titled “Prominent Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, her father face threats,” with a photo of Rana Ayyub speaking into a microphone. The bottom section reads: “NWMI condemns the recent threats of extreme violence against journalist Rana Ayyub and her family.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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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 poster congratulating #NWMI members #RenuRamanath and #NileenaAtholi on their wins in recent journalism awards. Poster is a portrait-oriented (Tall) with a dark navy blue background, with NWMI logo on top right, with the word "Congratulations!" written in white in a brush-script/handwriting font. Below it are two photo-frames in a fuchsia colour, with left a photo of Nileena Atholi, and right Renu Ramanath. Below the photos are their respective names and the awards they've won. In the background are white-pink-red thin lines in a swirling pattern
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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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.

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#InkSights #GenderMediaLens #WomenInMedia #NWMI #AnupamaBijur
Monthly #InkSights illustration by #NWMI member #AnupamaBijur, titled #GameOfBlokes Illustration shows a chess-board like surface in which journalists are shaped like chess pieces, colour coded blue for men and red for women. A larger-than-life hand emerges from out of the frame in the right to move one of the red chess pieces. The illustration is a commentary on the exclusion of women journalists from the recent press conference by #Taliban along with the Indian union government, in #NewDelhi.
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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We in the NWMI also think it is unfortunate that the male journalists who attended the event do not appear to have questioned the fact that their female colleagues were excluded from the press conference, with even those who arrived at the venue denied entry.
October 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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It is concerning to note that Indian government has not yet criticised, let alone condemned, the discrimination against female working journalists that took place in the nation’s capital – on Indian soil.
October 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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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.
October 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Congratulations to #NWMI member KA Beena on winning the The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting 2024!

#Award #RuralReporting #KABeena
A poster congratulation #NWMI member #KABeena on winning the Rural Reporting Award for 2024. Poster has NWMI logo on top right, and a photo of KA Beena, in a blue silk saree, and holding a scroll and a trophy, facing the camera. Text on poster reads CONGRATULATIONS! K A Beena Wins The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting 2024
September 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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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...
A poster condemning attack on #NWMI member Gafira Qadir. The poster features a still from the film #SongsOfParadise, which shows a young woman wearing a red kurta and a white embroidered scarf around her head, standing in front of a microphone, with four men, members of a band of musicians, around her. The men are blending into the background while the woman is lit by a beam of light. NWMI logo on top left. Text on poster reads "NWMI Stands in Solidarity with Journalist Gafira Qadir"
September 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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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).
Banu Mushtaq, renowned Kannada writer and International Booker Prize awardee, smiling and holding one of her books. The NWMI (Network of Women in Media, India) logo is at the top, with text below reading “NWMI Stands With Banu Mushtaq.”
September 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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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
An illustration to depict the attack on journalism, media and press freedom, by #NWMI member Anupama Bijur. Image shows a big red button inside a squarish "panel". On top of the button is the label "Press to detonate", and below it is "To detonate press". In Gaza, journalists are being killed on a daily basis.
September 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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#StopTheGenocide #StopTargetingJournalists #StopKillingJournalists #PressFreedom #opencorridorstogaza #GazaGenocide‌ #GazaIsStarving #gazaundersiege #EndTheOccupation #SupportPalestinianJournalists #MediaFreedom #StandWithGaza #JournalismPalestine #GazaJournalists #LetThemReport
August 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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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.

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Graphic by the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) featuring an open book with its pages fanned out. The text below the image reads: 'From shop shelves to the shadows: J&K’s war on books,' with 'war on books'.
August 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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.
Artwork titled 'Global Gender Gap 2025' featuring a woman falling upside down, symbolizing declining gender equality. A list of countries with their gender gap rankings appears beside her. Top-ranked countries are: 1 – Iceland, 2 – Finland, 3 – Norway, 4 – U.K., 5 – New Zealand. Other countries with ranks mentioned include: 119 – Bhutan, 125 – Nepal, and 131 – India (highlighted with a red underline). The artist's name, Anupama Bijur, and the year 2025 are written at the bottom.
August 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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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.

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Poster congratulating #DhanyaRajendran, an #NWMI member, for winning the Prof Maxwell Fernandez Journalism Award. Poster features white text on a reddish brown background to the left, with the headline "CONGRATULATIONS!". Dhanya Rajendran's photo is to the right, and shows her wearing a white top, jewellery. #NWMI logo to top right.
August 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Say hello to our new fellow!
Poster announcing the selection of #AugustinaSoreng as the recipient of #NWMIFellowship to support women journalist. Poster has a pale orange and white background, with the #NWMI logo on top right, and a headline that reads "Say Hello! To Our New Fellow" and has a picture of journalist Augustina Soreng to the right of the poster.
July 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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.

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NWMI's monthly #InkSights feature is this time about dowry deaths and misplaced notions of honour. Image is an illustration that shows a woman hiding her face, and a man tying a noose around her neck in a way that looks like the standard hindu marriage ritual of mangalsutra. Illustration by #NWMI member Anupama Bijur
July 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM