by SAMSN Admin | Nov 15, 2018 | Bangladesh, SAMSN Blog
Bangladesh saw massive growth of newspapers as well as the digital media in last few years. Pulack Ghatack analyses the situation of media in Bangladesh vis-a-vis the issues and challenges posed by the growth of digital platforms. In 1972, Bangladesh had nearly a...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 24, 2018 | India, SAMSN Blog, Sexual Harassment
India’s #MeToo movement is a powerful social campaign led by women. But not everyone is a supporter. Veteran senior journalists Tavleen Singh, Manjeet Kripalani and Seema Mustafa have openly criticised #MeToo, dismissed it as elitist and in some cases blamed the women...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 12, 2018 | India, SAMSN Blog, Sexual Harassment
While there are encouraging signs that the media world is taking note of the groundswell of opinion against workplace harassment, there is a greater need to discuss how the complaints will be handled, the transparency with which procedures will be laid down and the...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 17, 2018 | Freedom of Expression, Nepal, SAMSN Blog
Nepal’s new Criminal Codes Act 2017 and Civil Codes Act 2017, became law on August 17, 2018, replacing 15 laws including 55-year-old civil and criminal laws. The new laws were passed by the Legislative Parliament in October 2017 with an aim to amend and consolidate...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Maldives, Media Rights Violations, Missing, SAMSN Blog
“[…] Journalist Rilwan, who is now dead, no doubt, a very regrettable matter,” President Abdulla Yameen said Tuesday, August 7. The callously offhand remark came during a tirade against allegations leveled by his jailed former deputy. The remark was met with...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 7, 2018 | SAMSN Blog, South Asia
Media worldwide is going through a tough period as the advertising revenues and sales go down, mostly due to the rise of the internet. IFJ South Asia Coordinator Ujjwal Acharya shares his thoughts on how journalism should be funded in the digital age. Newspapers are...
