New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) journalist Syed Zarir Hussain Saturday bagged the sixth Sarojini Naidu Prize for best reporting on women in panchayati raj.
Guwahati-based Hussain, a special correspondent with the IANS, will get Rs.200,000 and a citation from the Hunger Project here Oct 2.
The Hunger Project is a global movement of women and men committed to build a future free from hunger.
In more than 10,000 villages across 13 countries of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, the Hunger Project empowers millions of people to achieve lasting progress in health, nutrition and family income.
Hussain has got the award for a series of stories on women panchayati leaders and their crusade against alcoholism in Assam's tea gardens.