Arun, Mundiar and Pareek of Rajasthan Patrika Received 'Laadli Media Award' | 25 Oct 2023

Why In News?

Recently, Arun Kumar, Senior News Editor of Rajasthan Patrika Jaipur, Kanaram Mundiyar, Editorial In-charge of Rajasthan Patrika Bhilwara and Sikandar Pareek, Editorial In-charge of Magazine Ratlam, have been awarded 'Laadli Media Awards 2023' by 'Population First', a prestigious organization working in the field of gender equality.

Key Points:

• The 'Laadli Media Award' is given by 'Population First' organization to promote gender sensitivity. The 'Laadli Media Award' was announced by the organization on October 21 this year.
• More than 850 journalists from 13 languages from across the country had submitted entries for this award, out of which 87 were selected and honored by the jury members. Apart from these, 31 journalists were given jury commendation letters.
• Arun Kumar, Senior News Editor, Rajasthan Patrika Jaipur, was awarded the award in the gender sensitivity category for a story titled 'Rs 40,000 crore unemployment', Kanaram Mundiyar, editorial in-charge of Rajasthan Patrika Bhilwara, for a story titled 'Phulia Kala Ki Beti Ka Kamal, Touching the Sky Every Year', and Sikandar Pareek, editorial in-charge of Ratlam magazine, was given the award for 'Taleem Se Progress' for the column related to girl education.
• The vice-chancellor of Baba Amte Divyang University, Jaipur, Prof. S.K. Singh was also present on the occasion. Dr Dev Swarup, Head of Policy and Partnerships, United Nations Population Fund, Jaideep Biswas, Programme Management Specialist, UNFPA, Anuja Gulati, Programme Management Specialist and Kalyan Singh Kothari, Secretary, Lok Samvad Sansthan felicitated Pandey.