UNAMA urges Taliban to stop harassing journalists

Jun 01, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 : Amid the increasing atrocities against women journalists in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called out...

Unemployment biggest challenge for women journalists in Afghanistan

Nov 27, 2023

The Afghanistan Women Journalist Association (AWJA) has conducted a survey about the situation of women journalists in Afghanistan within the past two years, wherein...

Women, journalists are targets of violence in Afghanistan

Apr 15, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 : Violence against civilians and other politically motivated violence continue to take place in Afghanistan after eight months of Taliban...

Afghan women journalists say they are now being "barred" from working

Aug 20, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 : Women journalists in Afghanistan have said that they are being barred from working by the Taliban who have overtaken...

Women journalists in Afghanistan claim they are occasionally barred from attending press conferences

Jun 17, 2023

Some women journalists in Afghanistan have said that they are occasionally banned from attending press conferences held by the Taliban, TOLO News reported.

Taliban suppress protests by women against mandatory hijab in Kabul

May 11, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 : Taliban militants dispersed a handful of women who staged a demonstration in Kabul against the decision to make hijab...