Five Scroll stories by Rokibuz Zaman, Johanna Deeksha, Mahima Jain and Tora Agarwala won the 2024 Laadli Media Awards on Wednesday.
Zaman won the award in the ‘Web – News Report’ category for English-language reporting. Deeksha won the award in the ‘Web – Investigative Story’ category in English.
Jain won the award in the ‘Web – Feature’ category for English-language reporting while Agarwala won the award in the ‘Web – Article’ category in English.
The Laadli Media Award was instituted in 2007 by Population First, a nonprofit supported by the United Nations Population Fund. The awards honour, recognise and celebrate the efforts of those in news media and advertising who highlight gender sensitivity.
Several persons told Zaman that the police action was politically motivated, targeting Muslims of Bengali origin. Activists and observers also said that the retrospective punitive action against child marriage will do more harm than good.
Deeksha won the award for her piece involving young Muslim women in Karnataka recounting how a March 2022 High Court order banning hijabs, or headscarves, legitimised Hindutva prejudice and locked them out of education.
Agarwala won another award for her story on the contentious role of the Meira Paibis movement in the conflict between the Meiteis and the Kukis. The Meitei women’s group, for long celebrated as the torchbearers of Manipur, has been accused of egging on violence against women from the Kuki-Zo community.
Jain won the award for her Common Ground story on how hospitals are helping combat violence against women. Her article illustrated how in some states, programmes are underway to train medical professionals to spot subtle signs and symptoms of violence against women, and offer broader, long-term support.
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