Some Female Afghan Journalists Slip Back Behind Burqa

Negeena Anwari works for Hewad Television, a private channel in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, the birthplace and spiritual home of the Taliban where every woman is a potential target.

But for Anwari, Taliban guns are a less vexing problem than the daily harassment she endures as a publicly recognizable broadcast anchor in Afghanistan’s second-most populous city.

“Our traditional problems and harassments are bigger than our security problems,” says the young journalist, explaining that concerns about national security, while legitimate, don’t discriminate between gender or profession.

“The moment I walk out of my home, I am bombarded by verbal intimidations and abuse by almost every man I face,“ she says. "They insult me for appearing on TV and some even call for my death.”

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via Akmal Dawi for VOA Afghan Service. 

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