More than 80 per cent of the female journalists in Afghanistan have been forced to halt their work since the Taliban takeover, Khaama Press reported citing a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Some women journalists in Afghanistan have said that they are occasionally banned from attending press conferences held by the Taliban, TOLO News reported.
In a special programme, the position of women in Islamic rule was discussed by journalist Ayesha Sharifi with special guests- university professor Zakira Nabil, defender of women's rights Angha Amin, another journalist Asma Khogiani.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha lauded the women journalists across the globe and urged young girls to stand up for themselves.
Taliban arrested women journalists and human rights activists, along with four men from the Hazara neighbourhood in West Kabul and intrusively disrupted a women's press conference held in Dasht-e-Barchi area, continuing their atrocities.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): Gender pay gap, gender bias-ness, and unfair treatment of female employees are issues rampant in Pakistan and the condition of women working as journalists in the South Asian country is no secret to the world.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan has consistently ranked low on indices rating freedom of expression, and online spaces are no different. Women in particular face the brunt of harassment and abuse.
Canberra [Australia], June 22 (ANI): China journalists and other analysts are facing a coordinated and large-scale online information campaign against high-profile journalists at media outlets including the New Yorker, The Economist, the New York Times, and others, according to a new report,
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): Amid the increasing atrocities against women journalists in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called out the Taliban to stop harassing journalists and end extremely harsh and severe measures.
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Violence against civilians and other politically motivated violence continue to take place in Afghanistan after eight months of Taliban takeover of the country.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 31 (ANI): Data from 15 Afghan media outlets revealed that the number of women journalists associated with them has declined by 50 per cent and the media outlets were downsized since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August.