AMED, — Jin News Agency (JINHA) was opened today in Amed, Kurdistan’s capital as the Kurdish women celebrated 8th March Women International Day.
Jin News Agency (JINHA) will provide news in Kurdish, English, Turkish and will be employed by women only.
Amed based agency is established with the support of a businesswoman and will also open branches in other cities including Wan, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Trabzon.
“While working for the press for a long time, we, feminist women, have been troubled with sexist statements like ‘man of science and business man’ which are too often used in the media language. We established this agency to stand against this approach which imposes these kinds of statements on the society by means of the press. We have started out with 12 woman workers and we will strengthen our staff with the participation of more woman workers in the following months. We aim to change the male-dominant language of the media by reflecting the news from the viewpoint of women. The world will change after us,” said Hangool Ozbat, the agency’s director.