WOMEN PARTICIPATION AND CHALLENGES FOR THEM IN JOURNALISM IN INDIA

Abstract

Role of women has got change and there is an increase in the participation of the women in the society. Journalism still a challenging profession for women as they are being less encouraged by the society. It has been seen the participation of the women the field of media and journalism has increased but the ratio of the participation is still not satisfactory. The present structure of journalism is still men centric and in some of the portion where there is matter of hard news so it is being still covered and presented by the male journalist. On the other side it has been seen that the senior and at the top most management position is filled with the men. This shows the structure of gender inequality in the field of journalism. This paper describes the Challenges related to women participation in journalism in India.