Women journalists in Gaza have paid a heavy price for refusing to stay silent and continuing to expose Israel’s crimes.
Women journalists in Gaza have paid a heavy price for refusing to stay silent and continuing to expose Israel’s crimes.
Palestinian writer based in Gaza city.
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As the world marks International Women’s Day, the airwaves of global media are filled with symbolic gestures and pompous rhetoric about women’s rights. Statistics are touted, initiatives are celebrated and hashtags are boosted.
Palestinian journalists reflect on the courage required of their colleagues in Gaza to document war and oppression.
Mothers starving to feed children, surgeries without anaesthesia and loss of privacy define female experience in Gaza.
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