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In Turkey, JIN News Fights for Women's and Journalists' Rights

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - In Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast, a news network
   staffed entirely by women is taking the lead in reporting on women's
   rights. But in doing so, JIN News finds itself targeted by the
   government's "war on terrorism."

   Founded in 2017 under the mantra "On the path to truth, with a woman's
   pen," JIN News says its goal is to expose exploitation and violence
   faced by women.

   "We are wherever women are," Gulsen Kocuk, editor of JIN News Turkish
   service, told VOA. "We report, in a way, on every aspect of their life,
   with the aim of making women visible, making women's work visible, and
   providing a platform to express their views."

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