Sameera Khan is a Mumbai-based independent journalist, researcher, and co-author of the critically acclaimed book, Why Loiter: Women & Risk on Mumbai Streets which examines women's access to public space. A journalist for more than three decades, her current writing, teaching and research interests revolve around media, gender, Muslims and Mumbai. In the last decade, as a media trainer she has guided journalists on how to cover violence against women, particularly rape. She won the National Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2020 for promoting sensitive reporting on gender-based violence.