Afghan Journalist Zahra Joya Wins Journalist Of The Year At World Young Leaders Forum
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Age Islam News Bureau
08
October 2023
• Afghan Journalist Zahra Joya Wins Journalist Of
The Year At World Young Leaders Forum
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Shaliza Dhami: A Woman Officer Will Command Indian Air Force Day Parade For The
First Time
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Nobel Prize For Iranian Activist, Narges Mohammadi, Highlights Plight Of Iran's
Women: Her Former Cellmate
•
Reproductive Health Interventions Remain A Lifeline For Pakistan’s Vulnerable
Flood-Hit Women
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Afghan
Journalist Zahra Joya Wins Journalist Of The Year At World Young Leaders Forum
Zahra Joya
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By
Fidel Rahmati
October
8, 2023
Zahra
Joya, an Afghan journalist and the founder of Rokhsana Media, received the
Journalist of the Year award at the 2023 World Young Leaders Summit, says, “We
are the defeated generation whose twenty years of efforts have been reduced to
zero.”
The
Journalist of the Year award at the World Young Leaders Summit was presented to
Zahra Joya on Thursday, along with four other journalists from Cuba, Belarus,
North America, and Palestine, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Zahra
Joya serves as the editor-in-chief and founder of Rokhsana Media. This media
outlet primarily covers women’s issues in both Persian and English languages.
In
an interview with Khaama Press News Agency, Zahra mentioned that receiving this
award is not particularly interesting because she believes she should work
beyond what she is currently doing.
According
to Ms. Joya, “Women in Afghanistan, in particular, have been affected, and
everyone has lost their way of life. I was one of them because we had to leave
our homes, families, country, and people to keep ourselves safe.”
She
completed her primary education in Bamyan Province and has been working in the
media and research field to empower women since 2011, after completing her
university education in law and political science with the slogan “Women for
Women.”
Emphasizing
that “we are the defeated generation whose achievements of the past twenty
years have been reduced to zero,” Zahra expresses her wish for Afghanistan and
its people to be free one day so she can publish positive news from the
country.
Ms.
Joya also mentioned the resistance and sacrifice of women journalists in
Afghanistan, who are trying to tell the stories of women and girls imprisoned
in their homes.
The
Journalist of the Year award at the World Young Leaders Summit is annually
presented to various journalists who have made impactful contributions.
It’s
worth noting that Lutfullah Najafizada, the editor-in-chief of Amo Television
from Afghanistan, was among the journalists of the year at last year’s summit.
Source:
Khaama.Com
https://www.khaama.com/zahra-joya-wins-journalist-of-the-year-at-world-young-leaders-forum/
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Shaliza
Dhami: A Woman Officer Will Command Indian Air Force Day Parade For The First
Time
By
Fareha Naaz
08
Oct 2023
On
the occasion of Indian Air Force Day, Group Captain Shaliza Dhami, a woman
officer will command the parade for the first time today, according to an
official. The parade, commemorating the service's 91st anniversary, will take
place at the air force station in Bamrauli in Prayagraj, reported HT.
Dhami,
a helicopter pilot, made history earlier this year as she was the first woman
to take command of a frontline IAF combat unit in March. Currently, she leads a
missile squadron in the Western sector. Dhami was commissioned into the IAF in
2003 and is a qualified flying instructor. She has logged in over 2,800 flight
hours so far.
On
October 8, IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Ashish Moghe said, “Also for the
first time, the parade will have an all-women contingent consisting of the
newly inducted Agniveer Vayu, who shall march shoulder to shoulder with their
male counterparts. The parade also includes a flight of Garud commandos for the
first time," reported HT.
To
promote gender equality, the IAF and navy have permitted women officers to join
their special forces units within their ranks, such as the Garud commando force
and Marine Commandos provided they meet selection criteria.
During
the event, the Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari will
unveil the Air Force’s new ensign. The updated ensign will display the IAF
crest in the top right corner, replacing the previous design that had been
adopted over seven decades ago.
The
IAF crest showcases the Ashoka lion on the top and the Himalayan eagle below
it, encircled by a light blue ring with Bhartiya Vayu Sena written on it in
Hindi. The motto "NabhSparshamDeeptam" (Touch the Sky with Glory) is
inscribed in golden Devanagari below the eagle.
Last
year at the commissioning ceremony of aircraft carrier Vikrant PM Modi unveiled
the Indian Navy’s ensign. The seal of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
was the source of the flag's inspiration.
Source:
Livemint
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Nobel
Prize For Iranian Activist, Narges Mohammadi, Highlights Plight Of Iran's
Women: Her Former Cellmate
October
8, 2023
LONDON,
Oct 7 (Reuters) - The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Iranian
women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi will help shine a light on the plight
of the country's women, her former cellmate NazaninZaghari-Ratcliffe said on
Saturday.
British-Iranian
aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe was released and returned to London last year,
nearly six years after she was arrested at Tehran airport on her way home from
an Iranian New Year's trip to see her parents with her young daughter.
The
Nobel committee said the prize honoured those behind recent unprecedented
demonstrations in Iran and called for the release of Mohammadi, 51, who has
campaigned for three decades for women's rights and abolition of the death
penalty.
[1/2]NazaninZaghariRatcliffe
attends the National Annual Women's Conference, ahead of the start of Britain’s
Labour Party annual conference, in Liverpool, Britain, October 7, 2023.
REUTERS/Phil Noble Acquire Licensing Rights
"I
am very thrilled," Zaghari-Ratcliffe said at an event at the British
opposition Labour Party's annual women's conference in northern England, paying
tribute to Mohammadi's "fearless fighting for freedom".
"I
think it will also shine a light on the plight of us as Iranian women so it
will be good for everyone, for all of us," she added.
"Narges
being given the Nobel Peace Prize is a great recognition of the fight of woman
in Iran and I think Narges is a symbol of all the injustice that is going on in
Iran and the Iranian women."
Iran,
which has called the recent protests Western-led subversion, accused the Nobel
committee of meddling and politicizing the issue of human rights.
Source:
Reuters.Com
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Reproductive
health interventions remain a lifeline for Pakistan’s vulnerable flood-hit
women
October
08, 2023
KARACHI-Complete
rehabilitation of those affected by the 2022 floods still looks far-fetched one
year on. Termed one of the world’s deadliest floods, the calamity affected over
33 million people nationwide. It killed 1,700, displaced 8 million, destroyed a
million homes, and made adent of at least $15b in an already troubled economy.
The
floods affected Sindh and Balochistan the most, provinces that received 5-6
times their 30-year average rainfall! After one year, many of those areas are
still submerged with recovery efforts being far from complete. What’s worse is
that the new monsoon season threatens the same areas hit by floods last year.
Shortage
of clean potable water and food remains the top challenge for the dwellers,
many of whom still find refuge in makeshift tents and shelters. To this day,
hygiene and the absence of health facilities continue to compound the problems
of flood victims. Women, especially, face greater challenges in such dire
straits.
One
big challenge for the displaced women in flood-hit areas has been access to
basic reproductive health facilities. In fact, the floods underscored the
challenges of underprivileged rural women, many of whom had never been to a
qualified doctor before. And according to UNFPA, 1.6 million women in flood-hit
areas were of childbearing age.
When
the floods hit last year, about 650,000 pregnant women in the flood-affected
areas were estimated to require maternal health services to ensure a safe
pregnancy and childbirth. Up to 73,000 women expected to deliver the following
month were in need of skilled birth attendants, newborn care, and support.
The
situation was troubling in a country where one out of every 89 women dies of
maternal causes; to this day, childbirth complications account for one-fifth of
deaths among women of childbearing age in Pakistan. Malnutrition, trauma, poor
hygiene, and long journeys to safer areas just make their problem worse.
An
urgent intervention was needed. Jazz turned out to be an active respondent,
joining forces with Alkhaidmat Foundation, one of Pakistan’s largest
nonprofits, to deliver emergency maternal health services. They deployed
adequately equipped mobile health units that gave women access to proper
reproductive health services and supplies.
“Hundreds
of women have benefited from these mobile health units so far, getting access
to safe and reliable reproductive health services in areas without a medical facility,”
shares Fatima Akhtar, Head of Sustainability at Jazz. “It’s part of our efforts
to improve the lives and livelihoods of Pakistani women, especially the
vulnerable ones.”
As
climate change continues to pose a lethal threat to Pakistan, these mobile
health units in designated areas continue to deliver necessary general, as well
as reproductive health services to the women who need them the most. The goal
is to help these vulnerable populations recover faster before another disaster
hits and upends their lives again.
Source:
Nation.Com.Pk
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