Women in journalism

Off air: one by one, the Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio

As one of the last female-run stations in the country is silenced, a former broadcaster gives an inside view of the crackdown on women working in the media

Ruchi Kumar

19, Feb, 2025 @6:00 AM

Deadlines may be vital, but so is procrastination. I’ll tell you why … soon | Imogen West-Knights

Scientists tell us the same piece of work is judged more harshly if it’s handed in late – but that won’t stop me taking my time, says writer Imogen West-Knights

Imogen West-Knights

13, Nov, 2024 @8:00 AM

A ninth woman has died reporting on the Ukraine conflict. Russia’s war on journalists must end | Kiran Nazish

Warnings are not enough. After Victoria Roshchyna’s death, we need zero tolerance of the detention and brutal treatment of female reporters

Kiran Nazish

01, Nov, 2024 @5:00 AM

Iranian journalists who covered Mahsa Amini’s death face five years in prison

Hopes of pardon dashed for Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were cleared of collaboration with US

Deepa Parent

14, Oct, 2024 @10:57 AM

‘They are putting their lives on the line every day to report’: the woman standing up for female journalists against rising repression

Pakistani reporter Kiran Nazish’s coalition has helped thousands of women being attacked or detained for their work. But, she warns, the situation has reached a crisis point

Harriet Barber

09, Sep, 2024 @7:00 AM

I do not expect a free trial. But to give up means the end of journalism in Mongolia | Unurtsetseg Naran

Unurtsetseg Naran, editor of Mongolia’s Zarig news site, was jailed for nearly five years in a closed-door trial last week. Before the hearing, while under house arrest, she explained how she has fallen victim to her country’s crackdown on press freedom

Unurtsetseg Naran

24, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM