Being a female reporter in Afghanistan

After the fall of the Taliban, the women's situation got a little better in Afghanistan. Women were given a chance in the media—in radio, in television. In the beginning and the first few years, the situation was very good. But unfortunately, as the years went by, the security issues for women have gotten worse. In other words, there is no safety for women. Women journalists were, and they still are, under pressure from several fronts.

This from an interview with journalist Farida Nekzad,a female journalit in Afghanistan interviewed in US News.She the report goes onto say

has received numerous death threats and saved herself from kidnapping only by jumping out of a moving car. She's also seen colleagues be murdered for similar work

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But what motivates her

to be able to really encourage other female journalists not to quit. I am really fighting because I want them to be able to continue in this profession, to not leave this profession. I would like to break the silence that those people who are against female journalists want to have