NWMI Condemns Exclusion of Women Journalists
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) has condemned the exclusion of women journalists from a press conference addressed by Taliban-controlled Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi.
According to India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), they had no role in the decision to bar women's entry to the press conference.
By not making it clear that the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference was not acceptable, the MEA and the Union government have failed to stand by Indian women in general and female working journalists in particular.
The NWMI statement criticized the Union government for not taking a clear stand against the exclusion.
Author's summary: NWMI condemns exclusion of women journalists.