Women of Afghanistan Could No Longer Be Silenced

It is hard to imagine how women in Afghanistan lost all their freedom and entitled rights, since Taliban took over the nation. From requiring certain dress code to eliminating their access to education, women in this nation are facing social and political suppression. In addition, female journalists face sexual harassment and social isolation everyday. What are the major hurdles today? Why should we pay attention to those matters? Zahra Nader is an Afghan-Canadian journalist and editor-in-chief of Zan Times, a media that covers human rights violations in Afghanistan with a focus on women, the LGBTQI community and environmental issues. She started her career in 2011 in Kabul, writing and editing for Afghan local media outlets. In 2016, she joined the New York Times bureau in Kabul, becoming the first Afghan woman journalist to work with a mainstream English language media since 2001.