{"id":14182,"date":"2022-03-09T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/?p=14182"},"modified":"2022-03-09T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:07:00","slug":"%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d-honoring-seetha-ranjani-on-iwd-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenandmedia.org\/si\/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d-honoring-seetha-ranjani-on-iwd-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Seetha Ranjani on IWD 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On International Women\u2019s Day we organized for a discussion in appreciation of veteran journalist Seetha Ranjani. Seetha is a dear friend of Women and Media Collective since it was formed in 1984. She is a feminist, journalist, civil society activist and a poet.<\/p>\n<p>Seetha has been a prominent figure in the struggle for media freedom in the country. She has raised issues faced by journalists and especially women journalists through her activism. 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