SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN MEDIA - South Asian Women in Media

IN a crowded cafe in the A K K Mall in downtown Yangon, squeezed on a table between strangers, a pro-democracy activist looks around warily and warns that talking about the Rohingya in a public place is not a good idea. He says it would be…

UN’s Senior Humanitarian Coordinator Sumbul Rizvi warns of a humanitarian crisis ahead of cyclone season. A year since nearly a million Rohingya refugees poured into Bangladesh, the situation is yet to stabilise, and the impending cyclone…

Covering Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health: A Program for Young International Journalists Applications are now open! Learn more and apply no later than Aug. 31 11:59pm. This new ICFJ program aims to elevate coverage of…

By Geeta Mohan Pakistan bureaucrat Danyal Gilani, half-brother of terrorist David Coleman Headley (alias Daood Gilani), one of the co-conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, spoke to India Today TV, defending himself as an "honest…

We, the members of South Asian Women in the Media (SAWM), condemn the brutal attacks on school and college students in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during their peaceful protests for improved road safety measures. We also vehemently condemn the…

As women working in film across genres and industries in India we received the news of AMMA ( Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes) reinstating actor Dileep, who is an accused in the abduction and molestation of an actor, with shock and…

By Geeta Mohan In a gesture of solidarity, Afghan diplomats in New Delhi joined in the protests being held outside the Embassy of Afghanistan to condemn the attack that took place in Jalalabad on Sunday, killing 19 Afghans and wounded…

The videos of the surgical strikes against Pakistan from 29 September 2016, given to select TV channels on the evening of 27 June, were released by either Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, or by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, it…

By Geeta Mohan In a blow to Pakistan, global financial watchdog, FATF placed Pakistan on its 'grey list' during a plenary meeting in Paris, arguing that Pakistan had failed to act against terror financing on its soil. While the…