The unilateral decree or imposition by Taliban authority in Afghanistan on all women media personalities anchoring news on various public and private television stations to wear masks and cover their whole body except for the eyes or risk facing the wrath of the law makes sad reading. The new order effected
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Online female journalist bullying escalates in Africa
Women, media practitioners too, are now victims of online abuses and blackmail through con-consensual sharing of personal information since the advent of digital technologies, contrasting the United Nations’ call for global attainment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5. The Goal endeavors to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Taliban taunts female journalists
The subjugation of the human rights in Taliban-ruled-Afghanistan has reached fever pitch with a new decree demanding that all women including television presenters wear masks and cover their whole body from eyes or face the wrath of the law. Barely a year- since usurping power-the Taliban has autocratically flexed its muscle