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This is the first book on environmental journalism in South Asia. It provides an important benchmark for journalism in the region as well as an excellent source of material for the future evolution of environmental journalism. This is a collection of essays by prominent Indian and South Asian environmental journalists. Apart from essays from India, there are contributions from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Maldives. The essays examine this specialization of journalism both historically and in the present.
Reporting Gender and Environment: Beyond Tokenism
Reporting Gender and Environment: Beyond Tokenism
In the present climate of political correctness, an awkward three-letter concoction, s/he, often passes for addressing the ‘gender element’. Tacking on a ‘her’, ‘women’ and ‘girls’, to a narrative that is essentially male-focused, however, does not do away with the ‘issue’ of gender.
The past two decades have also witnessed ‘gender mainstreaming’, an official policy on equal opportunity that entails the incorporation of equal opportunities for women and men in all policies and structures. This political strategy aimed at achieving gender equity is seemingly more broad-based than policies aimed at achieving equal opportunities for women. Yet, gender mainstreaming is a top-down strategy with a target group of decision makers, as opposed to women's rights campaigns ...