Female journalists complain about lack of access to accurate and timely information

Female journalists complain about lack of access to accurate and timely information

A number of female journalists say the lack of access to accurate and timely information leads to numerous challenges in their course of work. According to some of these journalists, certain officials of the Islamic Emirate often refuse to provide information to female journalists, which creates a significant obstacle in fulfilling their professional duties. One female journalist said: “Unfortunately, we have been subjected to intimidation by so…

Abandoned: the cruel fate of female journalists in Afghanistan

By Raihan Tamanna Sima, on the other end of the phone line, was crying as she told me about the lack of food for her child.  She spoke of the world’s silence in the face of the Taliban’s cruelty toward women: “I can’t go outside, and I have no other means to provide for my family.”  The Taliban has taken away the possibility of work for female journalists, along with the right to even leave home unescorted. Sima said that after two years, she ha…