Kiran Nazish
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Kiran Nazish is a Press Freedom and Gender Rights Advocate based in North America. She formerly worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent around the world, including the Middle East and South Asia. Nazish founded and is the director of the Coalition For Women In Journalism, a worldwide press freedom support organization for women and non-binary journalists.[1]
Early life and education
Nazish was born and raised in Pakistan in a middle class family. She was interested in journalism from a young age. Beginning at age seven, she became a published writer for the children's section of Dawn.[2] After her internship at the leading newspaper in Pakistan, as a teenager, she joined the first ever science supplement at Dawn News.[2]
Kiran Nazish went to St. Joseph Convent High School, in Karachi, which is the same school many renowned Pakistanis have attended, including former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto. Kiran Nazish is a masters of economics and statistics, and continued her journalism career while in school.[2]
Career
In the early 2000s, Nazish began her career in print journalism at DAWN news, and went on to work in other media, including radio and television.[3] Nazish has won awards for her work[4] and has extensively covered human rights, democracy, conflict, peace and security in South Asia and the Middle East.[5]
Coverage in Asia
Pakistan
Her work included stories from Pakistan's tribal regions. She wrote, "I wanted to learn how journalists work in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a semiautonomous, conflict-ridden region made up of seven tribal 'agencies' along the Afghan border known as the 'Durand Line.' Twelve journalists have been killed there since the terrorist attacks in the US on 9/11. If Pakistan is the worst place to be a journalist, FATA is the worst of the worst."[6] In Pakistan, she reported from the conflict-ridden FATA under Taliban control and later when the Pakistan Army started its operation against terrorists in the region.[7][8] She also covered issues covering human rights and democracy.
Terrorism and ISIS
She covered terrorism, Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and South Asia, and later covered the rise of ISIS in the Middle East. Her coverage of rise of ISIS offensive against Kobani in late 2014 were widely read.[9][10] In one article, Nazish observed: "Many dead bodies of Islamic States fighters are strewn across street corners, and this is creating a hygiene issue for the children and pregnant women still living inside."[11] In 2015, Nazish catalogued the experiences of journalists working out of Mosul, Iraq. "Journalists are beaten or executed as spies... the militant group ISIS began rounding up journalists suspected of leaking negative information about the Islamic State," she reported.[12] That year she also wrote about ISIS in Pakistan.[13] Nazish produced reports on civilians trapped in Aleppo during 2016.[14][15]
Daniel Pearl fellow
She was the Daniel Pearl fellow in 2014, at which time she worked at The New York Times.[16] While at the newspaper, Nazish focused on terrorism courts in Manhattan, the NYPD and the New York Muslim community. Nazish contributed reporting at the foreign desk.[17]
Coalition For Women In Journalism
Nazish is founding director of the Coalition For Women In Journalism, a New York based global press freedom support organization focused on protecting women and non-binary journalists. The CFWIJ originally pioneered the first global mentorship program for mid-career women journalists. The organization emphasizes the safety, wellbeing and growth of women journalists. The organization launched in 2017[18][1][19] and worked as a pro-bono organization. In 2019, The Coalition For Women In Journalism received funding support from Craig Newmark Philanthropies. The organization initiated its advocacy, including documentation of the threats and abuse that women journalists face globally.[20] The Coalition established a network in several countries, each including local mentors, who offer guidance to CFWIJ Fellows in their respective local language.[21] Nazish sought to address gaps she saw in the industry and threats that women journalists face.[22][23] "In a precarious and largely misogynist environment, female journalists feel stressed, stuck and often tired," she said in an interview.[24] Nazish spoke at length about issues that women journalists face across the globe, and produced a research article for Women's Media Center on how women journalists work in Mexico.[25]
Women Press Freedom, originally called the Press Freedom Initiative, was launched by Nazish and her colleagues at the Coalition For Women in Journalism. It aims to document "every single attack, threat, or violation of press freedom" experiences by women journalists and LGBTQ journalists.[18]
Academia
Nazish is the Stanley Knowles Distinguished Professor for 2019-2020 and is teaching journalism to undergraduate students at Brandon University.[26] She taught courses such as Covering Conflict and International Journalism at the O.P. Jindal Global University in Delhi, India.[27] She initiated journalism training programs and fellowships through her initiative at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).[28]
In 2026, Nazish endorsed Avi Lewis in that year's federal NDP leadership race.[29]
Personal life
While investigating a story involving the influence of intelligence agencies on democratic institutions and human rights in Pakistan, Nazish received death threats and was forced to drop the story. In the wake of the threats, Nazish lived in self-exile for years.[30][31] She was vocal about the threats women journalists faced during the time,[32][33][34] and the impunity that the culprits enjoy.[35]
Recognition
Nazish received an Agahi Award in 2013 for best reporting for her story on internally displaced children in Dawn[36] and was nominated for other pieces during 2012.[4] Her work was on the Foreign Policy AfPak Channels' Top 10 of 2012. Her interview with Pakistani politician (and Prime Minister elect in 2018) Imran Khan made the list. It was the year's fifth most read piece.[37] In 2019, Splice Watch featured her on their People to Watch list for 2019.[38]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Coalition for Women in Journalism is creating a network of support based on mentorship". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Women in Journalism: Q&A with Kiran Nazish". The Lenfest Institute for Journalism. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
- ↑ "Tüm Dünyadaki Kadın Gazeteciler İçin Bir Ağ: Coalition For Women In Journalism". Sivil Sayfalar.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The 2nd AGAHI Awards Maps out Quality Journalism in Pakistan". mishal.com.pk. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Visiting prof goes from conflicts to BU campus". Canada. October 15, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Nazish, Kiran (January 2013). "fundamental objections". Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-03-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Extremism vs. Education". MSNBC. U.S. January 16, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Drone Warfare in Pakistan". Washington Post. U.S. October 30, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ↑ "Escaping Kobane: Relief and guilt". Al Jazeera. October 15, 2014.
- ↑ Ali, Huseyn (December 25, 2014). "I dream of a job, a school, a home".
- ↑ Matthews, Dylan (October 20, 2014). "Vox Sentences: The ISIS battle you should know about". Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ↑ Nazish, Kiran (October 25, 2015). "Life under Islamic State rule in Mosul one of constant fear". Mosul. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ↑ Jalalzai, Musa Khan (October 1, 2015). The prospect of Nuclear Jihad in South Asia. Pakistan: Algora Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-1628941678. Search this book on
- ↑ Nazish, Kiran (December 28, 2016). "Aleppo's calamity leaves the burning question: where is humanity in 2016?".
- ↑ Nazish, Kiran (December 13, 2016). "Aleppo civilians facing execution plead, 'Oh, God, help us'".
- ↑ "2014 FELLOW KIRAN NAZISH". danielpearl.org. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help). - ↑ "KIRAN NAZISH FELLOWSHIP ARTICLES". danielpearl.org. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 Barber, Harriet (2024-09-09). "'They are putting their lives on the line every day to report': the woman standing up for female journalists against rising repression". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
- ↑ "Women Journalists Bring a Whole New Type of Support Based on Mentorship". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ↑ "CFWIJ receives funding support from The Craig Newmark Philanthropies". medium.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Coalition For Women In Journalism Offers Mentoring, Global Support". pressroom.rferl.org. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "CFWIJ Kurucusu Kiran Nazish: Kadın Gazetecilik Destek Ağı Oluşturmayı Hedefliyoruz". otekileringundemi.com. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Tüm Dünyadaki Kadın Gazeteciler İçin Bir Ağ: Coalition For Women In Journalism". www.sivilsayfalar.org. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Gazeteci kadınlar için bir destek ağı". journo.com.tr. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ↑ Nazish, Kiran (June 8, 2016). "Essential tools for reporting in Mexico: a notebook, camera, and contraceptive pill". Women's Media Center.
- ↑ Robertson, Bud (October 15, 2019). "Visiting prof goes from conflicts to BU campus". Brandon Sun. Canada. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Pakistan, India and Aman ki Asha: The year that was, and looking ahead". amankiasha.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ↑ Shaukat, Aroosa (September 30, 2012). "technological understanding: LUMS project studies internet's impact". tribune.com.pk.
- ↑ "Endorsements". lewisisleader.ca. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
- ↑ "For Pakistan's unprotected and threatened journalists, can new legislation make a difference?". ifex.org. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Pakistan's military, ISI waging 'quiet war' against journalists, activists: Expert". defence.az. Retrieved January 1, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Responding to Internet Abuse". cpj.org. April 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Seeking Freedom: The Press in Pakistan". May 6, 2012.
- ↑ Rehman, Sonya (April 24, 2013). "A Female Journalist in Pakistan: Kiran Nazish". The Diplomat. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ↑ Rubin, Elizabeth (May 2013). "Journalists Killed 2003-2012" (PDF). Roots of Impunity (Report). Committee to Protect Journalists. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "For Jalozai IDPs, returning home is a far-off dream". dawn.com. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "The AfPak channels Top 10 of 2012". foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Splice Watch 2019". www.splicemedia.com. Retrieved March 2, 2020.[permanent dead link]
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