Srinagar based journalist Hirra Azmat wins Project Siren Award for 2022

Srinagar based journalist Hirra Azmat has won the Project Siren Award for the year 2022.

Hirra has bagged the award for her story titled, “Life is beautiful’: IMHANS, SRO set up `Zindagi’ to prevent suicides, promote positive behavior in Kashmir”.

According to news reports, the story was published in the Kashmir Monitor which is a Srinagar based newspaper on May 22 last year. The story highlighted the depression-related suicides and new initiatives to promote positivity in the Kashmir valley.

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Hirra Azmat is the winner of this year’s #ProjectSIREN Award for Journalists, for her article ‘Life is beautiful’: IMHANS, SRO set up `Zindagi’ to prevent suicides, promote positive behaviour in Kashmir.#MediaForSuicidePrevention https://t.co/d75OHWK7Pv

— Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, ILS, Pune (@CMHLPIndia) September 10, 2022

The award was formally announced on September 10. “Hirra Azmat is the winner of this year’s #ProjectSIREN Award for Journalists, for her article ‘Life is beautiful’: IMHANS, SRO set up `Zindagi’ to prevent suicides, promote positive behaviour in Kashmir. #MediaForSuicidePrevention,” CFMHPL said in a tweet.

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