Drop in number of women candidates in Assam Assembly polls
By Durba Ghosh This year, political parties in Assam have made promises galore to woo women — 49.35 per cent of the electorate. The promises range from giving Rs 2,000 per month to housewives, Rs 365 as daily wages to tea garden workers, and increasing financial...
A Women’s Manifesto in Assam
By Durba Ghosh Women in Assam comprise nearly 50 per cent of the total electorate. Political parties have definitely taken this into consideration during the ongoing election season, wooing them in order to win votes in the forthcoming Legislative Assembly polls in...
“Protect Privacy of Survivor of Rape”: NWMI
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) deplores the attempt to harass and intimidate the family of a minor rape survivor by Samsul Rehman, a stringer from the Guwahati-based DY365 news channel and Amar Asom newspaper. According to information received by the...
NWMI condemns Assam Police attack on journalists
Two women and three male journalists were gravely injured in the incident on the Assam-Mizoram border at Hailakandi on March 10. Attacks on journalists in the Northeastern states of the country have become dangerously routine.