October 20, 2005

Courage in Journalism Award
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)
Monday October 17

Shahla Sherkat, editorial director of Zanan (Women) in Tehran. Sherkat founded the monthly magazine in1991, after she was dismissed from her position as editorial director at Zan-e Rouz, a government-owned weekly women's magazine, because she wanted to change the way it depicted women >>> See

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