12 Inspiring Life Stories From Women Around the World

Azmat Khan is an American investigative reporter, now working for BuzzFeed News, who sheds light on unheard stories of inequality around the world. Azmat worked in Pakistan for a year before returning to the US to join PBS Frontline and then Al Jazeera America. She can spend months reporting on a single project, often using Facebook to immerse herself in a community. The connections she's able to make help her uncover stories of injustice and bring these issues to the public. In a recent story for Al Jazeera America, she wrote about sexual assault among college students with disabilities, and used Facebook Groups to find sources and learn more about what they've been through.