Abysmal representation of women in media and the way forward

Abstract

Even though the country’s media scene has gone through a massive change in recent years, the gender gap is still appalling. While the media has an important role to empower women, it has unfortunately failed to do away with gender inequalities within its Women’s portrayal in Indian media is nothing more than a showpiece or an icon of glamour or that of a householder. The broader of aim of this paper is to dwell on the participation, performance, portrayal and unequal representation of women in Indian media and the steps that can be taken to bring them to an equal status as men in the same field.