Chynargul Zhumabekova holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University (2020). From 2021 to 2024, she worked as a data journalist and web editor at PolitKlinika, and since August 2024, she has been freelancing. In 2022, she completed Internews Kyrgyzstan’s data journalism program and ForSet’s fellowship on data communications in Tbilisi. She also worked on several Internews projects, including social media monitoring and media criticism, where she focused on issues such as online harassment and the portrayal of women in the media. In 2023, she participated in a regional hackathon, and her infographic on menstrual poverty was selected among the top three and published by UN Women. As a freelance journalist, she contributed to national and regional media projects covering gender-based violence and digital rights. She also worked as a trainer in a local student data journalism program.
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