Masuma Mohammadi
Masuma Mohammadi is an Afghan journalist, research scholar, and women’s rights activist. She founded the Equality Social and Cultural Organization, which supports female journalists. In Afghanistan, she was a radio reporter for the United Nations News and “Hello Countrymen, Countrywomen” an Afghan radio program. She was the owner and chief editor of the Equality News Agency, which trained over 200 female journalists. Mohammadi is now working with the San Jose State University and is part of their Visiting Afghan Scholar program. She worked on research about the persecution of the Hazara people. She wants to do research on the rights Afghan women and girls have under the Taliban.