Shetizen Journalist

With women submitting news reports about issues that affect them, Shetizen Journalist aims to fix the spotlight on women's rights, gender debates, and news and current affairs from a woman's perspective. The portal provides two options - that of uploading a first-person account called "My Story" and a quick report (QR). My Story is for women who want to talk about their own experiences in the first person. QRs are for women who do not have much time, or who would prefer to quickly express their points of view or for women on the move. As the instructions to submitters indicate: "So, do not think you need to upload wordy write ups - you can just as well keep on uploading short pieces - just so long as you share with our community what you think is important."

Shetizen Journalist is not only intended as a tool for the common woman to report on and share their perspective on issues that impact their lives, but also intended to provide a space for professional women journalists to report on serious issues which impact women's lives, their status and position in society, their health problems, professional needs, etc.

Women, Gender, Rights.

Nilanjana Bhowmick, founder and editor, says, "I have worked with several international and Indian media houses and in my experience reports on women's issues are relegated to inside pages and non-prime time news....Also, women journalists are more encouraged to report on celebrity news, gossips, parties, lifestyle and soft features. We want to provide a platform where women journalists from across the world can report on issues that they deem important."