n A senior Journalist of The Pioneer, Biswajeet Banerjee, has won the prestigious 12th Edition of the Laadli Media Awards, supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), for his report in the category of Gender Sensitivity (Regional) 2022.
Banerjee, who is working as a Political Editor with the Lucknow edition of the Pioneer, won the award for best Feature in the English category for his write-up “Harvest of Hope" — which centers around Phula Devi and her band of rebels who chose to stay back in their village after corona pandemic. They started growing vegetables and this was the beginning of their success story.
As many as 76 journalists, including bloggers, podcasters, and web-based journalists received the award. A total of 993 entries were received, marking a 14per cent rise in applications, said Dr. A L Sharda, Director of Population First.
The Function was held at the campus of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MAANU), Hyderabad. Chief Guests of the function were Padma Shri Sunitha Krishnan, Sriram Haridas from UNFPA, Gareth Wynn Owen, British Deputy High Commissioner and VC of MANUU Syed Ainul Hasan.
Laadli is a girl child campaign by Population First, a Mumbai-based NGO working on health, population and women's issues. The Laadli Media Awards is supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), for their reports in the category of Gender Sensitivity.
