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Transforming Media, Transforming Women

Shakeela Ebrahimkhil

2013 OFF in Oslo

Shakeela Ebrahimkhil is an Afghan journalist who, in 2010, helped launch TOLO News, Afghanistan’s first and only 24/7 news outlet. She stepped onto the Oslo Freedom Forum stage to discuss how freedom of the press is a conduit for freedom and its role in empowering women in her native Afghanistan.

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Shakeela

Ebrahimkhil

Afghan journalist

Shakeela Ebrahimkhil is an Afghan journalist who, in 2010, helped launch TOLO News, Afghanistan’s first and only 24/7 news outlet. That same year, the Afghan Parliament recognized her contributions to the field of journalism, and the National Union of Afghan Journalists named her Reporter of the Year. Abrahimkhil is also an advocate for the rights and education of Afghan women.