Pursuing the journalistic dream in Nepal

I was born into a poor family in Nepal and after the death of my two sisters and brother, my parents lived in constant fear of losing me too because these births weren’t “lucky” for them. I also had five younger brothers after me and the poor economic conditions meant...

The challenges of a female reporter in Pakistan

The horrible morning of Sunday, November 22, 2013, the Christian community of Peshawar was targeted by two consecutive suicide blasts at the All Saints Church Kohati, Peshawar. I arrived there within 10 minutes of the incident. The scene in the church was very...

Don’t become the story

Female journalists all over the world are vulnerable to all kinds of threats like harassment – psychological, physical and sexual harm. The most shocking incident was probably the gang-rape of American war correspondent Lara Logan by a mob in Egypt’s Tahrir...