Shahnoza Soatova

Shahnoza Mirzarahimovna Soatova was born in 1977 in Tashkent and spent her childhood in the Oqmachit neighborhood of the city's Uchtepa district. In 1994 she entered the Uzbek philology faculty of Tashkent State University (now the National University of Uzbekistan) and graduated in 1999; she did her research on “Turkestan literature” under Begali Qosimov.

She began working in 1999 at the magazine “Hamshira”, then at “Yosh kuch” (2000–2004), Radio Zamin (2005–2006) and the magazine “Ob” (2006–2009). From 2009 to 2018 she worked at the publishers Golden pages, Akademnashr and Spectrum, and then at Ma'naviyat, where as editor-in-chief she oversaw school textbooks and manuals.

She has worked at the Ministry of Justice since 2018. According to Xabar.uz and Gazeta.uz, in February 2020 she moved from chief consultant of the ministry's legal propaganda and education department to adviser to the Minister of Justice on improving spiritual and educational work and compliance with the law on the state language. She is a member of the Expert Council under the Senate's Committee on Gender Equality.

She runs the Telegram channel “Shahnoza Soatova blogi” (about 4,800 subscribers in early 2026) and writes as a columnist for Xabar.uz. She is the author of the books and manuals “Ayol baxti sirlari” (“Secrets of a Woman's Happiness”), “Mass Media in the Era of Reforms: Problems of Information Transformation and Professional Ethics”, “A Handbook for Deputies of Local Councils” and “Media Literacy and Fake News: The Limits of Rights and Responsibility”.

According to Wikipedia, in 2019 she was included in the “Top-30” list of public activists compiled by experts of the Yuksalish movement; in 2020 she received the Shuhrat medal and is described as one of the first bloggers to receive a state award from the President. In February 2024 she was also named in the “Top-40: Public Opinion Leaders” ranking linked to Yuksalish.