Srinagar, Sept. 20 -- For decades, the media coverage of Kashmir has been shaped by journalists, photographers, researchers, and television channels who came to the region to cover its long-drawn conflict and complicated politics. While these have been vital in presenting and studying the issue, the perspective of the local population, and more specifically Kashmiri women, has not gained much of a platform.

With the current boom in smartphones, social media, YouTube, Instagram, and digital platforms in general, the entire content-creation and information-gathering ecosystem has changed for the better. A woman with a smartphone and an internet connection can become a reporter, photographer, filmmaker, content writer, or journalist and sho...