Educational Material
Two chapters of the moving ‘Girl Rising‘ film were shown during an event held at Capital Club in Dubai. Following the film, Nicola Hewitt, the Middle East Advisor for Girl Rising (GR), addressed the guests on the influential GR... Read more
Opinion
News
The Arab Women Media Watch Centre offer tributes and mourns the loss of dedicated colleague, Pearl Thevanayagam. Pearl was the director of the Exiled Journalists’ Network in the UK, and worked for the Sunday Leader and Daily News in Sri Lanka... Read more
Discrimination
One of the commercial centres in Tunisia, has used a woman on a platform used for selling fish as a form of advertising to attract buyers. This action lead to an uproar by Arab women who described this promotional stunt as ‘a cheap marketing... Read more
News
Tunisian researcher Amal Qaramy was invited to lecture in Egypt about terrorism by Alexandria Library. But as she arrived at Cairo airport, her mobile phone and laptop were confiscated and she was denied access to Egypt and returned to her... Read more
Journalism
Stones that sprouted legs Iqbal Tamimi Written for the memory of my Iraqi colleague Atwar Bahjat who was killed while reporting from Iraq. The bed of defeat has always been feminine. Ever since the sky was within reach a woman fluffing a... Read more
Discrimination
There is a significant amount of research showing that people of color are more often involved in traffic stops than white drivers. But it is not yet known how much of this may be due to racial discrimination and how much of a role is played... Read more
This week we look at how news organisations are reporting on international news, using Periscope and Snapchat. You can listen to the audio HERE
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Art and Culture
like all other elements of life in the occupied territories, the work of Women in Hebron and Leila’s shop in the souq do not go untouched by the cruelty of their occupiers. “Shops in Hebron gets lots of water from the rain because the soldiers... Read more
Educational Material
by Dr. Eugenia Siapera Dublin City University, Faculty of Humanities/Communications https://www.academia.edu/15476045/Safety_Net_for_Journalists
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