Anuradha Sengupta
Bio:
Anuradha Sengupta is a freelance journalist whose work focuses on women's issues, youth, the environment, and urban subcultures. She has been senior editor with two national newspapers in India. Her television portfolio includes a documentary on spurious drugs; reportage from Kuwait after the Gulf War; and research for a ZDF documentary on food and water issues. She was in Afghanistan in 2011, working on a citizens' media project in Kabul, Kandahar, Jalalabad, and Mazar-e-Sharif. She is founder-editor of Jalebi Ink, an award-winning media collective for children and youth.
A group of women in the Indian region of Sundarbans are using photography to draw attention to the ravages of climate change in their villages.
Thanks to a challenge by a runner from India, controversial “gender verification” tests for female athletes have been suspended. One of the leading advocates behind the policy change explains: "High-performance sports is all about unique bodies."
At many places of worship, "tradition" has barred women from entry. A growing number of women are now fighting back—and winning.
After its first year, a movement in Pakistan to claim public spaces for women continues to grow—and it's finding allies and inspiration in India and throughout South Asia.
A Vogue India video with a message of women’s empowerment has people asking, Is it a feminist campaign or a PR stunt?