CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN IN JOURNALISM: AN ANALYTICAL CASE STUDY OF SITUATION IN PAKISTAN.

In the current mass communication era, journalists have gained wide and popular recognition as feeders for fast-changing global happenings. The present paper drawing upon a recent larger study conducted to explore women journalists' experiences at the workplace, both within the office and at public spaces where they are deputed on assignments, and its impact on their family lives, narrates the stories in women's own voices. To explore the relationship between both, a survey method was adopted and, for this purpose 200 women journalists were selected. Findings confirm that, in addition to visible and invisible challenges that are globally associated with this profession, women journalists in Pakistan confront gender specific challenges. More surprising than the presence of these challenges is women journalists' reluctance to openly acknowledge their harassment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]