On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Women’s News Agency NUJINHA on January 6, 2021, we extend our deepest gratitude and appreciation to our followers around the world for their continuous support and great trust in our free and independent media mission.

Amid crises and challenges, our agency, NUJINHA – the Women’s News Agency, emerged as the leading women’s voice in the Middle East and North Africa, dedicated to women’s issues across their diverse positions and experiences. The agency has shed light on the lives of women in institutions, in public, legal, and human rights work, in the streets and tents, in war zones and conflict areas, under city sieges, in politics and militarization, and even in courts and across various fields of labor.

Since launching its broadcast on January 6, 2021, our agency has operated amid ongoing human rights and security crises in the Middle East—a region constrained by Western capitalist agendas and dominated by patriarchal state authorities that have produced internal crises beginning with attempts to suffocate women’s existence and ending only with the achievement of social justice.

Over the course of five years, NUJINHA has worked with relentless effort and unwavering determination to uplift women’s realities and amplify their voices across all arenas. These years have been a journey of challenge and perseverance, as the agency sought to be a free platform that illuminates women’s issues and embeds their suffering and experiences within collective memory and social awareness.

We carried the word as a banner, and turned stories into bridges linking past and present, opening pathways toward a more just future. We granted women the space to write their own histories, free from marginalization, so they could become active agents. We transformed solidarity into strength, and through cooperation with institutions and free voices around the world, we built a network of hope and resistance.

With courage, our agency confronted the state-driven patriarchal media discourse rooted in gender discrimination, exposing all attempts to place women in a secondary position or view them with inferiority. The establishment of the agency was a feminist response to the marginalization of women in male-dominated media, and to the neglect of women’s issues or their reduction to the image of a victim or commodity. We presented an alternative: a global feminist discourse that opposes the dominant patriarchal mentality seeking to control women’s bodies, dictate their appearance, silence their voices, and regulate their lives.

The agency did not begin from scratch; rather, it built upon an existing feminist media legacy—yet with greater strength—focusing on unifying women’s ranks and connecting struggles across borders. From Gaza and the steadfastness of its women in the face of war and marginalization policies, to Libya torn apart by international powers; from Iraq, unsettled since the 2003 invasion, to Egypt and its social and human rights issues; from Syria, which transitioned from Baathist ideology to jihadist mentality, to Afghanistan, where women face Taliban repression; from Iran, where women are killed for a strand of hair showing, to Yemen and Sudan, where humanitarian crises weigh heavily on women; and finally, but not least, Kurdistan, where women fight a dual battle—asserting their rights while protecting a collective identity threatened by fragmentation. From female fighters who embodied symbols of resistance to women’s daily struggles against discrimination and violence, women remain at the heart of the struggle for freedom and equality.

Today, as our agency enters its sixth year, it continues its journey toward freedom and justice, without discrimination based on language, religion, color, or belief. We believe that all peoples and societies have the right to live in equality and freedom, with women in leadership. These years have served as the foundation for a longer journey, affirming that women’s voices will remain present and that their issues will stay at the core of our media and humanitarian mission. We celebrate what has been achieved and continue working toward a future of greater justice and dignity for women in our region and around the world.

The Administration of NUJINHA – Women’s News Agency