Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year

Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and her all-female Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the Taliban

The Afghan journalist Zahra Joya has been named as one of Time's women of the year 2022 for her reporting of women's lives in Afghanistan through her news agency, Rukhshana Media.

Now living as a refugee in the UK, Joya continues to run the all-female Rukhshana Media from exile, publishing the reporting of her team of female journalists across Afghanistan on life for women under Taliban rule.