by SAMSN Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Gender, India, SAMSN Blog
Dhanya Rajendran is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The News Minute, a digital news platform reporting and writing on issues in India, with a specific focus on the five southern states. She is the former bureau chief, South India, for Times Now television. She has...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Gender, SAMSN Blog, Sri Lanka
Dilrukshi Handunnetti is consultant editor at the Daily and Weekend Express, the first international newspaper published from Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is also the Co-convener of the South Asian Women in Media, Sri Lanka. What are you experiences with online harassment...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 8, 2017 | Gender, Release, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Asia-Pacific affiliates today demanded meaningful action against the growth of online harassment of women journalists in the region. Using the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8), media unions and...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Announcement, Gender, South Asia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is committed to gender equity in all its work, and is launching a contest for creative expressions of women’s rights. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, join up in making Gender Equity a reality! Create a...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 25, 2017 | Gender, Harassment, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in strongly condemning the recent incident of sexual harassment of female anchors at the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV). The IFJ demands immediate...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 30, 2016 | Gender, Meeting, Release, South Asia
“Change has to come from within unions in order to make a real impact in the wider media environment”, said women journalists and activists from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the...
