8th April 2022
Press Club
On April 8th, Laadli Media Initiatives released the report 'Gender Sensitivity and Coverage of Rape in Indian Media- Ten Years After Nirbhaya' at an event held at Press Club, Mumbai. The report documents the findings of a study commissioned to assess the reportage of sexual assault cases in the Indian media over the last ten years. The study was conducted by academician Dr. Sweta Singh, Assistant Professor, Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, and Ms. Sameera Khan, a noted journalist who joined her as a consultant. Gauri Vij, was the project assistant, and the team of researchers included Athila Hussain, A total of 200 stories were monitored from 41 news publications. Of these 117 were in English and 83 were in regional languages. The report was officially released by Ms. Andrea Wojnar.
The panel discussion may be viewed here https://bit.ly/3z7mK8Z
The event may be viewed here https://bit.ly/3PvtCSW
The report may be downloaded from https://bit.ly/3uPFs2o