Neha Wadekar

This Week in Women: Taking Steps Toward Gender Parity in Politics Worldwide – Ms. Magazine (image)

This Week in Women: Taking Steps Toward Gender Parity in Politics Worldwide – Ms. Magazine

August 10, 2018Articles

A weekly newsletter with news updates about women and girls.

This Week in Women: Keeping an Eye on the Courts and the Border – Ms. Magazine (image)

This Week in Women: Keeping an Eye on the Courts and the Border – Ms. Magazine

June 28, 2018Articles

A weekly newsletter with news updates about women and girls.

This Week in Women: Solutions to #MeToo Start with Better Representation—in Media and in Politics – Ms. Magazine (image)

This Week in Women: Solutions to #MeToo Start with Better Representation—in Media and in Politics – Ms. Magazine

May 28, 2018Articles

A weekly newsletter with news updates about women and girls.

Colombian Women Are Saying ‘Yes, We Can’ – Foreign Policy (image)

Colombian Women Are Saying ‘Yes, We Can’ – Foreign Policy

November 5, 2019Articles

Colombia’s culture of machismo has created a backlash in the form of a new women’s political movement.

Women in Colombia Endured Horrific Abuses During Decades of Conflict. Now the Female Candidates Who Won in Elections Will Reshape the Country – TIME (image)

Women in Colombia Endured Horrific Abuses During Decades of Conflict. Now the Female Candidates Who Won in Elections Will Reshape the Country – TIME

October 30, 2019Articles

Claudia Lopez’s election as Mayor of Bogota was a defining moment for Colombian women politicians. Find out why in my piece for TIME.

Kenya’s demonetisation was unexpectedly orderly – The Economist (image)

Kenya’s demonetisation was unexpectedly orderly – The Economist

Articles

When Kenya announced in June that it would issue new 1,000 shilling ($10) notes and destroy the old ones to fight corruption, many predicted chaos. India’s efforts to do the same by “demonetising” rupees in 2016 led to riots, deaths and a dent in economic growth. Few doubted the need for Kenya to do something: corruption and tax evasion are pervasive. Read about how the scheme worked in this piece in The Economist.

Meet 6 courageous women changing the world through travel – Sure Travel (image)

Meet 6 courageous women changing the world through travel – Sure Travel

August 19, 2019Press

Travel is often viewed as a luxury or a privilege, rather than a political statement, cultural rebellion, or act of empowering defiance. But for the six intrepid women travellers we’re celebrating this Women’s Day, leaving home was not only an adventure — it’s been a means to not only change the travel industry, but the world.

Will International Courts Investigate Pro-Trump Media? – Foreign Policy (image)

Will International Courts Investigate Pro-Trump Media? – Foreign Policy

August 14, 2019Articles

Vermin, snakes, cockroaches, invaders—throughout history, politicians have used these words to describe people they’ve deemed unwelcome in their countries. But what happens when media outlets pick up this weaponized language, expand on it, and reverberate it throughout the nation? Are they, somehow, responsible for the outcomes that follow? Read my piece for Foreign Policy.

New Wave of International Journalists : Masters of Many Trades – Milton Magazine

April 1, 2019Press

Yemen, Egypt, Kenya, Somalia, Syria: Distant places with complex problems that generate frequent headlines. Dedicated journalists on the ground in these countries know that their reporting is important. And although some news organizations have cut back or closed their foreign bureaus, today’s international journalists feed audiences information through alternative sources, such as streaming video services, websites and podcasts. News professionals are often necessarily both multimedia experts and entrepreneurs. Excited to be featured in my alma mater’s alumni magazine!

Death toll rises to 21 in attack on luxury hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya – NBC News (image)

Death toll rises to 21 in attack on luxury hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya – NBC News

January 16, 2019Videos

I am proud and honored to have had the opportunity to work on this piece about my friend, Jason Spindler, who was killed by terrorists in the January 16, 2019 attack on the Dust2it Hotel on Riverside Drive in Nairobi, Kenya.