Mònica Bernabé Explained

Mònica Bernabé
Birth Name:	Mònica Bernabé Fernández
Birth Place:	Barcelona, Spain
Occupation:	Journalist
Alma Mater:	Autonomous University of Barcelona

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

• 2010 Julio Anguita Parrado Prize for journalism^[2]
• 2011 Proteus Prize in the field of culture and communication^[4]
• 2013 29th Cirilo Rodríguez Journalism Award^[5]
• 2013 Human Rights Award from the General Council of Spanish Lawyers^[6]

Books

• Afganistán, crónica de una ficción. Debate Publisher (2012)^[7]
• Mujeres. Afganistán, Blume Publisher (2014), jointly with .^[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.

External links

• Mònica Bernabé Website (in Spanish).
• Interview with Mònica Bernabé in Hemisferio Zero, 3 May 2013

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asociación por los Derechos Humanos en Afganistán (ASDHA) . Association for Human Rights in Afghanistan . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20150811104632/http://afgancat.org/es . 11 August 2015 . 2 August 2017.
2. News: La periodista Mònica Bernabé, premio Julio Anguita Parrado . Journalist Mònica Bernabé, prize Julio Anguita Parrado . Caravaca . Toñi . . Córdoba, Spain . es . 25 February 2010 . 2 August 2017.
3. Web site: 27 January 2015. 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. 2 August 2017. prnoticias. es.
4. Web site: III Premios Proteus de Ética . Third Proteus Ethics Awards . Proteus . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603042229/http://www.editorialproteus.com/premis/?lang=es . 3 June 2012 . dead . 2 August 2017.
5. News: La periodista de El Mundo Mònica Bernabé recibe el Premio Cirilo Rodríguez . Journalist for El Mundo Mònica Bernabé Receives the Cirilo Rodríguez Award . . Madrid . es . 24 May 2013 . 2 August 2017.
6. News: Mònica Bernabé recibe el Premio Derechos Humanos . Mònica Bernabé Receives the Human Rights Award . . es . 12 December 2013 . 2 August 2017.
7. News: Afganistán, en primera persona . Afghanistan, in First Person . . Madrid . es . 18 June 2012 . 2 August 2017.
8. News: Gervasio Sánchez refleja las difíciles condiciones de vida de la mujer afgana . Gervasio Sánchez Reflects on the Difficult Living Conditions of the Afghan Woman . . Zaragoza . es . 3 January 2016 . 2 August 2017.
9. News: 16 September 2016. La exposición 'Mujeres. Afganistán' denuncia la dura realidad que viven. es. TeleMadrid.