Bahaar Joya
@bahaarj
BBC Correspondent Afghanistan 2012-2015, Freelance Journalist with Thomson Reuters Foundation, Reuters Institute Fellow, Registered Nurse at Royal Free Hospital
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https://www.reuters.com/journalists/bahaar-joya 26-06-2019 17:18:20
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“That trauma stayed with me for years. I had sleepless nights. If a man is shouting, suddenly all the memories come back. One of the things that really helped me was a process called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.)” - Bahaar Joya
A great discussion about the well-being of journalists and dealing with trauma. Reuters Institute
"There’s a stigma around acknowledging your mental health struggles in the newsroom. You can be labelled as a troublemaker or someone who can’t handle things and you’ll be sidelined," said Bahaar Joya at #RISJ40 Read our summary piece on the sessions reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/what-we-l…
"There’s a stigma around acknowledging your mental health struggles in the newsroom. You can be labelled as a troublemaker or someone who can’t handle things and you’ll be sidelined," said Bahaar Joya at #RISJ40 Read our summary piece on the sessions reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/what-we-l…
There’s a stigma around acknowledging your mental health struggles in the newsroom. You can be labelled as a troublemaker or someone who can’t handle things and you’ll be sidelined. Highlights of my session at the 40th anniversary of Reuters fellowship program. Reuters Institute
Fighting back: protecting journalists against lawfare. Julia parsi and neda parwani in are in Talinan's jail for doing their jobs. trust conference
The Taliban have reportedly banned medical training for women and girls – the last further education option that was open to them in Afghanistan. Nuala McGovern is joined by NHS nurse and journalist Bahaar Joya Bahaar Joya to tell us more about the long-term impact of this.
Women in Afghanistan have been banned from midwife and nurse training under a reported new Taliban decree. What impact is this having on those women? what about the further impact on the health of women and children in Afghanistan? BBC Woman's Hour bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…