Women Journalists Covering Farmer Protests in India

Farmers in India have been protesting for nearly a year against a law passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in late 2020. In an increasingly hostile environment for journalists under the right-wing BJP government, and amid rampant misinformation, these women journalists risk state persecution to bring you the latest developments in the crisis. Read the work of the select women journalists listed below to understand why farmers are out on the streets and the larger context of their struggle.