SheThePeople

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SheThePeople
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish, Hindi
Country of originIndia
Founder(s) Shaili Chopra
URL www.shethepeople.tv
RegistrationOptional
Launched2015;9 years ago (2015)
Current statusActive

SheThePeople.TV is an Indian digital media website that focuses on women related news and entertainment in video format, though "The Women's Channel" has a large amount of text based content as well. It was launched in 2015 by an Indian journalist, Shaili Chopra. [1] [2] Until 2016, SheThePeople.TV had written stories about over 10,000 women, [2] and by 2019 the number of stories had crossed 50,000. [3] [4] It portrays itself as "India’s largest digital media platform for women stories". [5] The name of the website, "she the people" is inspired by the first three words of the Indian constitution in the preamble "We the people". [6]

In 2016 Anand Mahindra invested in SheThePeople.TV. [7] [2] In December 2016, they tied up with Viacom18's channel Colors. [5] In collaboration with Facebook, SheThePeople conducts an Online Safety Summit. [8] They also host other events such as a Women Writers' Fest and Digital Women Awards. [9] [10] The Women Writers' Fest started in 2016; by 2019 18 editions had been held in various locations. [11]

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