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Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year
Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the Taliban
The Afghan journalist Zahra Joya has been named as one of Time’s women of the year 2022 for her reporting of women’s lives in Afghanistan through her news agency, Rukhshana Media.
Now living as a refugee in the UK, Joya continues to run Rukhshana Media from exile, publishing the reporting of her team of female journalists across Afghanistan on life for women under Taliban rule.