By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Aiming to bring all female media professionals of the state under one roof and to empower them, Odisha’s first ever women media community ODISHA WOMEN IN MEDIA (OWM) was launched officially here on Saturday.
The one of its kind forum, which will work to safeguard the interest and safety of women journalists and those working in related areas, was inaugurated at a function held at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan convention hall. Ms. Sulochana Das, Mayor of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Ms. Minati Behera, Chairperson of the State Commission for Women, attended the inaugural function and unveiled the logo of the forum.
Expressing her happiness at the launching of the forum as she herself was from the media background, Ms. Das said it had fulfilled a long-felt requirement in the state. “The floating of the trust has been the culmination of a long-standing requirement,” she said.
It will enable women media persons to discuss their professional issues and problems, Ms. Das said.
Ms. Behera congratulated women media persons for launching the forum while expressing the hope that it would grow into a huge organization in the future. There is a need for more number of women to enter the field of media, she said.
The new trust will work towards upholding moral values and gender equality while endeavouring to ensure the development and empowerment of women and protect their professional rights.
The Trust’s chairperson Kasturi Ray, Vice-chairperson Sarada Lahangir, Secretary Minati Singha, trustees and more than 100 women media professionals attended the launching.
