Raksha Kumar’s story on the ‘superwomen’ of a Himachal Pradesh village won her the awardThree articles published by The Hindu, including two from the Magazine, have won accolades at the 10th edition of the Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2020, announced online on Friday evening. Raksha Kumar won the Award for Gender Sensitivity in the Western category for her article on the jam-making ‘superwomen’ of Himachal Pradesh’s Bhuira village. Jyoti Shelar’s article ‘A harvest of crushed hopes’, which investigated the rising numbers of hysterectomies in Maharashtra’s Beed district that prompted a State inquiry, also won the Award for Gender Sensitivity in the Western category. Laadli, a campaign that works for the empowerment of women and gender equality, is an initiative of the Mumbai-based NGO Population First. This year, some 75 people working in media won awards and 18 received jury citations.

Source: The Hindu November 21, 2020 04:41 UTC