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Handle based on book Why Loiter: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets by Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade.
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Journalist Ruhi Tewari's book, a result of several years of field reporting, brings together a journalist’s field notes, research and experts to weigh in on the female voter in India.

Some edited excerpts from an interview with @anniephilip.bsky.social

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How Indian Women Vote—And Why
A common history of marginalisation and a desire to improve their lives makes women voters in India unique and politically aware. An interview with Ruhi Tewari on her book, What Women Want : Understan...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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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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"So, as we celebrate some wins for our girls in blue, there’s more to be done. The road ahead for women’s cricket will need play parity as well as pay parity."

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Chak De! India
The Indian women’s cricket team winning the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (WC) for the first time was a watershed moment, undoubtedly. Not just for the game but for Harmanpreet’s girls who lifted...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:13 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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Delighted to be mentioned in this interview between GISELA RUISECO AND NEHA SAIGAL:

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Wellbeing and care, a view from India
A conversation with Neha Saigal
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November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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In the city of Bombay, India three women, Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade, and Sameera Khan took this question seriously. Their research, captured in the book Why Loiter?, turned a seemingly trivial act into a radical proposition.
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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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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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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NWMI urges the Indian government and the Indian Embassy in Cairo to ensure that Nikita’s passport is returned immediately, and that she be allowed to carry out her professional duties. Nikita Jain was reporting for Maktoob Media
on The Global March to Gaza.

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June 14, 2025 at 4:07 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
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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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The free flow of information is vital for the protection of human rights, especially in situations of conflict and resistance. NWMI demands the release of the journalists detained in Egypt and the return of their passports.
June 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The detention of journalists gathered in Egypt this week to cover the scheduled march to Gaza has further extended the radius beyond which international media are not being allowed.
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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NWMI states that the action against @nikitajain.bsky.social
and other journalists reporting on the march is unwarranted and unjustified.
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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nwmindia.bsky.social NWMIndia @nwmindia.bsky.social · Jun 14
NWMI urges the Indian government and the Indian Embassy in Cairo to ensure that Nikita’s passport is returned immediately, and that she be allowed to carry out her professional duties. Nikita Jain was reporting for Maktoob Media
on The Global March to Gaza.

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June 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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As part of a major curriculum overhaul led by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), these textbooks now feature gender-inclusive language, imagery, and illustrations to foster awareness and sensitivity from a young age.

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Lessons for Life
When schools across Kerala reopened this June, students returned to classrooms with more than just new timetables. This year, they will be learning from newly revised textbooks that reflect a more inc...
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June 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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nwmindia.bsky.social NWMIndia @nwmindia.bsky.social · Jun 6
The new Inksights by Anupama Bijur
has just dropped!

When schools across Kerala reopened this June, students returned to classrooms with more than just new timetables. They will learn from newly revised textbooks that reflect a more inclusive and progressive worldview.
June 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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This thread.
nwmindia.bsky.social NWMIndia @nwmindia.bsky.social · May 25
The campaign for gender equality is exhausting & feels unending, which makes it crucial to celebrate every single win, so as to keep despair & burnout at bay. This week, we at NWMI celebrate the women employees of #NewsLaundry who have taken an abusive misogynist to court. (1/9)
May 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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We wish to express our appreciation for our fellow women mediapersons at News Laundry who have taken legal recourse against their abuser, despite being aware of how time-consuming and emotionally draining that path can be. Please know that we have your back. #TimesUp #MeToo (9/9)
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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As this particular case continues to be heard in court, we place our faith in the judicial system and hope that justice will be served. (8/9)
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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The volume of sexual abuse against women on social media is so high, that it is impossible to highlight each instance or take legal action each time, which is why we are grateful to every woman who does. (7/9)
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Abuse and personal attacks have become so routine that they have been normalised, and we are told - as survivors of sexual harassment are always told - to "take it in your stride", "grow up", "have a sense of humour", and worse. (6/9)
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Violence against women - verbal, physical, psychological - is a constant in societies worldwide. The digital era has increased the number of spaces in which this violence occurs. As women journalists, we now find ourselves under unrelenting assault in the public sphere. (5/9)
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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In this and so many other ways, we believe that this legal action by the women employees of News Laundry is representative of the fight for dignity of women everywhere. (4/9)
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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We stand in solidarity with women who work at #NewsLaundry who have been at the receiving end of verbal abuse so vile from this man, that the court refused to proceed with hearing his defence until he took down his tweets against them. (2/9)

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