Tagged with: Afghanistan
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How media is helping during Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
Mursal Abrar, Mahdi Zaki, Carolynne Wheeler
BBC Media Action
Our head of communications, Carolynne Wheeler, caught up with our Afghanistan project manager, Mursal Abrar, and our Afghanistan research manager, Mahdi Zaki, to learn about our project focused on nutrition with the World Food Programme.
'It was as if the moon had landed on the Earth' - working through turmoil in Afghanistan
Shoaib Sharifi
Country Director, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Shoaib Sharifi is BBC Media Action’s country director in Afghanistan and this year’s BBC News Leader of the Year. Here, he speaks of the changes his team has endured since the Taliban took over the country and how they are responding to an increasingly grave humanitarian crisis.
Media for equality in Afghanistan: from the frontlines
Mehr Mursal Amiri
Mehr Mursal Amiri is an Afghan journalist.
As the Generation Equality Forum Paris examines issues of gender equality, including in media, Afghan journalist Mehr Mursal Amiri shares her experience and her reflections in this guest blog.
Handing the microphone to Afghan women
Shazia Haya
Presenter, Open Jirga, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Four Afghan women were killed in as many days in March 2021 – targeted for being women working in television and in medicine. As Afghanistan’s peace process is marked by increasing violence, our Open Jirga and WhatMatters2U presenter Shazia Haya reflects on two remarkable programmes, featuring r...
Handwashing with soap for health - our work in Afghanistan during COVID-19
Mursal Abrar
Humanitarian project manager, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
Water, sanitation and good hygiene - including handwashing with soap - is critical to better health, and to helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. Our humanitarian project manager, Mursal Abrar, reflects on her experience in hygiene behaviour change.
Broadcasting from the basement: supporting Afghan audiences during COVID-19
Shoaib Sharifi
Country Director, BBC Media Action Afghanistan
In a health crisis like COVID-19, people need accurate and trusted information more than ever. In Afghanistan, find out how our flagship national TV discussion programme, Open Jirga, has adapted to life under lockdown and is supporting audiences across the country to cope with the pandemic.
“I will be there even if my bodyguards refuse to accompany me.”
Shirazuddin Siddiqi
Country Director, Afghanistan
Not even a series of bomb blasts stopped people attending a national TV debate on the topic of women’s equality in Afghanistan.
Skiing in Afghanistan
Mukhtar Yadgar
Project Officer, Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Bamyan province is best known for its ancient statues of Buddha. Today, its relative security and freezing winters are aiding the growth of a fledgling skiing industry. Mukhtar Yadgar explains how a local radio station is helping raise awareness about the benefits of the sport.
Open Jirga: national identity in Afghanistan
Shirazuddin Siddiqi
Country Director, Afghanistan
When a TV debate show was filmed at the tomb of one of Afghanistan’s founding fathers it was clear how much a sense of ‘place’ is interlinked with ‘identity’. Shirazuddin Siddiqi reflects on an especially memorable Open Jirga.
“If you can’t be a father, I beg you Mr President, be a stepfather!”
Shirazuddin Siddiqi
Country Director, Afghanistan
Three years after its launch, Shirazuddin Siddiqi reflects on how Afghanistan’s TV debate show Open Jirga continues to provide a voice to Afghans amid insecurity and increased uncertainty.
