KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan Journalists Federation and media associations on Monday said that 80 percent of female media workers have lost their jobs following the regime change in the country.
The federation says that 40 percent of media outlets faced economic problems while 60 percent of male media workers also lost their jobs.
HujjatullahMujaddedi, a representative of the federation and media associations, made the remarks at a press conference in Kabul on Monday.
He said with the closure of these media outlets, many journalists lost their jobs and resorted to other activities due to economic issues.
"After political changes in the country, 40 percent of the media outlets have been shut down due to economic problems, 60 percent of male and 80 percent of female media workers have lost their jobs," he said.
Mujaddidi said that a recent survey about media in Afghanistan showed that major active media outlets were also facing economic difficulties.
“If the economic problems continue, some other media outlets in the provinces and capital Kabul would be shut down in the next six months”, he added.
He called on the government and international organizations to financially support the media outlets and journalists.
Abdul HaqHammad, publications director at the Ministry of Information and Culture, said that media was important for the government and they would support it.
He said that some media workers and officials had moved to other countries, which he said was the reason of collapse of some media outlets.
"Changes happened in the country, there are some problems but journalists should be patient and the problems will be solved in the near future," he said.
Hammad said that he would share problems of media outlets with officials concerned for finding solutions to them.
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