Monday, March 31, 2008

Middle East: Web site for Arab female journalists launched

The Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched a Web site titled “Arab Women and Media”( www.arabwomanmedia.net) on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8.

According to a press release made available to IJNet, the Web site is “an online interactive space which copes with the rapid changes of the image of women and enriches the dialogue and the debate on the issue of women and media.

The Web site encourages networking among Arab journalists through the presentation of more than 50 resumes of journalists working on women’s issues in the Arab world. It also provides portraits of renowned Arab women journalists in 17 Arab countries, in addition to news on media development in the Middle East.

-- Women Gateway

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