Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Scroll's Rokibuz Zaman Wins 2025 Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity
A journalist named Rokibuz Zaman won a special award for writing a news story about a woman who was kept captive by her family to stop her from marrying a man from a different religion.
The police didn't help even though the man tried to file a complaint.
Zaman won this award for showing how important it is to let women make their own choices about marriage.
Rokibuz Zaman won the 2025 Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity
He won for his English language web news report on a Guwahati DJ's captivity by her family to prevent inter-faith marriage
The article highlighted police inaction across three states
Zaman previously won the award in 2024 for reporting on Assam Police's child marriage crackdown
The Laadli Media Award recognizes and celebrates gender sensitivity in news media
- Who
- Rokibuz Zaman, a journalist from Scroll
- What
- Won the 2025 Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity
- When
- Wednesday (unspecified date)
- Where
- Not specified
- Why
- For his article on a woman held captive by her family to prevent an inter-faith marriage
- Award
- 2025 Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity
- Category
- English language web news report
- Previous Win
- 2024 Laadli Media Award for reporting on Assam Police's child marriage crackdown
- Institution
- Population First, supported by the United Nations Population Fund
- Established
- 2007