Mahima Jain

MahimaJain

Mahima Jain is an independent editor and journalist. She covers the socioeconomics of gender, environment, and health with a framework of systemic inequality and injustice. Her work has appeared in leading Indian and global publications including The Guardian, Fuller Project, The Caravan Magazine, Mongabay, and others. Mahima was a runner-up for the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award in 2021. Her work was nominated for the prestigious Society of Publishers in Asia Awards in 2021 and the One World Media Award (podcast category) in 2022. Mahima’s journalism has been supported by several prestigious grants and fellowships from the Pulitzer Center, Population Reference Bureau, International Women’s Media Foundation, Earth Journalism Network, and Médecins Sans Frontiers. She is based in Bengaluru, India. Follow her on Twitter @theplainjain.

Policymakers need to take a closer look at public health data through a gender lens

Global, Published January 17, 2024

“To say that something is not affected by gender in some way is ignoring the reality of our daily lives,” said Michelle Kaufman, Director of the Gender Equity Unit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Gender underlies everything we do in our daily lives and our work, how we interact with others,” she said.

How India’s public health system can reach rural women suffering domestic abuse

Global, Published December 19, 2023

The key is identifying gender-based violence in villages early, together with counselling services at the lowest levels and support by ASHAs. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center

One of the first days in India - in the South - in the small Fort Cochin. This woman was having a lunch break away from her work in the Spice Market

Why India needs a national policy to strengthen the health response for gender-based violence

Global, Published November 1, 2023

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

Countdown begins to disconnect 1098, India’s legendary child helpline

Global, Published August 21, 2023

The Indian government is set to merge Childline with emergency rescue services; social workers concerned about continuity of child-friendly systems

Stranded spouses: Visa regimes allow for a new form of transnational domestic violence

Global, Published June 23, 2023

Brought to you by MECCA M-Power

The missing perspectives in science, and science journalism

Global, Published May 9, 2023

At the World Conference of Science Journalists, scientists and journalists examined colonisation of knowledge and systematic exclusion of marginalised voices.

In India, consensual sex amongst teenagers is a crime

Global, Published February 10, 2023

Trigger warning: discussion of sexual assault and self-harm

The morning after: The struggle to find emergency contraceptive pills in India

Global, Published December 15, 2022

Supported by MECCA M-POWER.

Climate change is pushing women and girls into trafficking and modern slavery

Global, Published November 12, 2022

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