Mònica Bernabé

Mònica Bernabé
Born
Mònica Bernabé Fernández

December 1972 (age 52)
Barcelona, Spain
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationJournalist

Mònica Bernabé Fernández (born December 1972) is a Spanish journalist known for her work as a correspondent in Afghanistan, where she lived for nearly eight years.

Biography

Mònica Bernabé studied at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. In 2000, after her first trip to Afghanistan and Peshawar, she founded the Association for Human Rights in Afghanistan (Asociación por los Derechos Humanos en Afganistán; ASDHA), an NGO that supports Afghan women.[1] She was the president for 16 years, until its dissolution. Over seven years, she traveled to Afghanistan every year, until mid-2007 when she settled there, corresponding for various media outlets, including the newspaper El Mundo, Radio Nacional de España (RNE), Ràdio Associació de Catalunya 1 (RAC 1), Canal Sur, and the Spanish service of Deutsche Welle.[2] She lived in Afghanistan until 2014.

In 2015 she moved to Rome to take over as correspondent for El Mundo in the Italian capital.[3] In May 2017 she joined the newspaper Ara as head of the International section.

Awards

Books

  • Afganistán, crónica de una ficción. Debate Publisher (2012)[7]
  • Mujeres. Afganistán, Blume Publisher (2014), jointly with Gervasio Sánchez [es].[8] Collection of photographs and testimonies of almost 250 Afghan women explaining their situation in the country.

Exhibition

  • Dones. Women. Afganistán. Traveling exhibition, together with Gervasio Sánchez, which has been seen in various places throughout Catalonia and Spain. Based on the book of the same name.[9]

Documentary

  • Vestida de negre. Documentary about Afghanistan through the testimony of journalist Mònica Bernabé, directed by Josep Morell. Produced by TV3 and La Quimera.

References

  1. ^ "Asociación por los Derechos Humanos en Afganistán (ASDHA)" [Association for Human Rights in Afghanistan] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Caravaca, Toñi (25 February 2010). "La periodista Mònica Bernabé, premio Julio Anguita Parrado" [Journalist Mònica Bernabé, prize Julio Anguita Parrado]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Córdoba, Spain. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Nuevas corresponsales en 'El Mundo': Irene Hernández en París y Mónica Bernabé en Roma" [New Correspondents for 'El Mundo': Irene Hernández in Paris and Mónica Bernabé in Rome]. prnoticias (in Spanish). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ^ "III Premios Proteus de Ética" [Third Proteus Ethics Awards] (in Spanish). Proteus. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ^ "La periodista de El Mundo Mònica Bernabé recibe el Premio Cirilo Rodríguez" [Journalist for El Mundo Mònica Bernabé Receives the Cirilo Rodríguez Award]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Mònica Bernabé recibe el Premio Derechos Humanos" [Mònica Bernabé Receives the Human Rights Award]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Afganistán, en primera persona" [Afghanistan, in First Person]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Gervasio Sánchez refleja las difíciles condiciones de vida de la mujer afgana" [Gervasio Sánchez Reflects on the Difficult Living Conditions of the Afghan Woman]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Zaragoza. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  9. ^ "La exposición 'Mujeres. Afganistán' denuncia la dura realidad que viven". TeleMadrid (in Spanish). 16 September 2016.