Guwahati, Aug 18: The women journalists of Assam have come together to form the ‘Assam Women Journalists’ Forum’ (AWJF), to ensure workplace safety and promote equality at the workplace.
The forum was formed during a meeting at the Gauhati Press Club on Saturday.
The aim of the forum is to interact, build relationships and contacts, exchange information, experiences and views relating to the profession and society. The forum will also organise workshops, seminars and tours for enhancing the skills of women media persons. The senior members of forum will take the initiative of mentoring young entrants to the profession.
It will also strive to ensure both workplace safety and security of women media persons while on field duty as well as commuting to work, particularly during night duty. The organisation will aim to remove newsroom disparities and promote equality at the workplace.
The meeting also decided to register the AWJF as a society and formed a committee. The members of the committee are as follows: President – Durba Ghosh (PTI); Vice Presidents – Samim Sultana Ahmed (Dainik Agradoot) and Afrida Hussain (NE NEWS); General Secretary – Nasreen Habib (The Assam Tribune); Joint Secretaries – Mridusmita Bhuyan (DY365) and Arunima Kalita Medhi (Asomiya Khabar); Treasurer – Bidisha Singha (The Assam Tribune); Organising Secretaries – Tora Agarwala (Independent journalist) and Anjumoni Bordoloi (Pratidin Time); Publicity Secretaries – Manisha Kalita (Desh Today) and Chandrani Sinha (Independent journalist); and seven executive members – Karisma Hasnat (The Print), Barasha Das (Independent journalist), Mitali Konwar (Pratidin Time), Pallavi Saikia (The Sentinel), Garima Sarma (Time8), Nibha Rani Roy (Independent journalist), and Geetasri Talukdar (News18).
It was also decided to form an advisory council comprising of senior journalists Maini Mahanta, Anuradha Sarma Pujari, Enaxi Saikia Barua, Sabita Lahkar, Indrani Raimedhi, Ratna Bharali Talukdar, Mubina Akhtar, Monalisa Sarma, Jahnabi Khound, Aloka Baruah, and Swapna Bezbaruah.
The forum appealed to all women journalists of Assam who are currently not a part of the forum to come forward and associate themselves with the organisation, and vowed to continue to promote equality and justice.
The meeting was attended by both senior and mid level media persons, along with new entrants to the profession from different media houses, including print, electronic, digital as well as independent journalists.
They also observed a one-minute silence in memory of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at her workplace in Kolkata on August 9, 2024.
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