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DELHI: Prasar Bharati hopes to ensure a 50-50 ratio between
male and female anchors of Doordarshan and All India Radio
by Independence Day, 15 August this year.
Inaugurating
a ‘Workshop on Gender Equality in Indian Media’
today, information and broadcasting minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi
said the step would be a beginning towards ensuring parity
for women in Media.
Dasmunsi
said freedom of the Press was guaranteed but freedom of journalists,
most of them in the private sector, was not. He felt that
the condition of women journalists in India, especially those
in their early careers, is far from satisfactory. The
minister advocated proper facilities at all work places considering
specific needs of women who have to take care of their familial
obligations along with their job/career.
The
Workshop was organised by the women and child development
ministry on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day today.
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