Sameera Khan is a Mumbai-based independent journalist, researcher, and co-author of the critically acclaimed book, 'Why Loiter: Women and Risk on Mumbai' Streets which examines issues around women's access to public spaces. 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. She won the National Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2020 for promoting sensitive reporting on gender-based violence.