Weekly Jade-Abresham: Zahra Joya, founder of Rukhshana Media (covering women’s lives in Afghanistan) is nominated as one of Time Magazine’s 12 Women of the Year 2022. Now a refugee in London after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, Ms. Joya posted on her Facebook page on Thursday, March 3: “I am honored to achieve this title at a time when the world is in the throes of war, migration and crisis. Rukhshana Media is determined to continue its journalistic work to reflect the voice of women, she reassured.
Rukhshana is taken from the name of a girl stoned to death for adultery by the Taliban in 2015 in Ghor. Zahra has called out the victims’ voices. Since then, her news agency has covered women from all corners of the country and reflected their pain. Her nomination as one of Time Magazine’s 12 Women of the Year is an achievement for all women and media in Afghanistan.
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