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

‘Our reporting has been almost eradicated,’ says Zahra Joya, ‘but this makes it even more important that our stories continue to be told.’ Photograph: Kristina Varaksina/Time

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 Rukhshana Media from exile, publishing the reporting of her team of female journalists across Afghanistan on life for women under Taliban rule.