[custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. An all-female television channel has been launched in war-torn Afghanistan, hailed as a breakthrough for women’s rights in a country once ruled by the Taliban and still dominated by men. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. Female newscasters, politicians and singers regularly appear on Afghan television, but Zan TV, or “Women’s TV”, which launched last week, is being seen as a novelty for being run by, and aimed at, women. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. The station is run on a shoestring budget using low-cost digital technology in a basic studio in the capital, Kabul. It relies heavily on its team of young women, many of whom are still students. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. Although inexperienced, they hope their enthusiasm for women’s equality will make the venture a success. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. Zan TV ("Women's TV") launches on Sunday with a staff of all female presenters and producers, following a high-profile marketing campaign on billboards in Kabul and on social media. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. Women's rights and education as well as media freedom are often cited by the government and foreign aid organisations as among the biggest achievements in the country since the Taliban was toppled in 2001. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. Presenter Krishma Naz, right, records a music show with a guest on Zan TV on May [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. Still, Afghanistan is one of the most difficult places in the world for women in the media, and in a poor and war-ravaged country -- with a crowded TV landscape of around 40 stations -- there is no guarantee of success. [custom_adv] Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, with a staff of all female presenters and producers. Media entrepreneur Hamid Samar, the founder of Zan TV, said he was banking on potentially large female audiences in big cities like Kabul who are hungry for news and discussion that reflect their own experiences.
