Arab women in media center [AWMC]
&
Youth of change in Syria
 

Youth Al_doustour
By Yazen Telfah
 

Translated A-E by

MS, Dema Atiatt

Believing of Arab youths’ abilities and their faculties in Media, Arab Women Media center arranged the second training camp in Syria-Damascus. The headline was: “Youth for change”, which inhabited in the Arabic Center - Syria for “Radio & T.V training” that follow to the Arabic international University, Since the camp gave the opportunity for 20 Syrian students to get the media training skills during 9 days about “Media Training site”.
There were some expert lecturers in Media to train the students on” journalistic news”, “journalistic reporting”, “news analysis”,” media and gender” &” civic education”…..

The participants in training camp were: “the head of media college” in Al_yarmouk University Dr.Ezat Hejab and the manager of the sociable service center in Amman Al_ahliah University Dr.Esmat housoo and the journalist Ziad Al_roubaiee & some of the expert instructors in Media.
As the course was opened by the secretary- manager “Taleb al kadee” of the Arabic center for radio & T.V training. Who praised the Arab Women Media Centers’ role in media training field which also ,interested to polish the Arab youths’ skills.
The journalist “Mahasen Al_Emam” the president of Arab women media canter, said: “the center were established like this course continuously throughout the year , and it purposed to acquaint the youth students about the importance of mass media to service the social issues and pointed the light on the different kinds of mass media.

Al_Emam added “our targets were to create the media trainers youth to work in it and built the cultural of media for the youth to practice them on the media work, according to the media ethics and gender language.
Al_Emam concluded said: “we must break the psychical screen between the mass media & the students”.
The Syrian students who were the participants in the course “youth for change”, they were talking about their points views & how they were taking advantages from the course.

“Farouk Mdahee”, the student from Damascus University said: “the course empower me to polish my media talent and show me the criteria successful journalist and tell about the ethics of media work that every journalist’s must have it.
The student “Souror Nseer al_deen” said: “all the subjects that we were discussed before in the course were very useful for us. As the course was included needy subjects like , “modern electronic journalism” &” how to use the technology for media”.
Also, the student “Kenan Mouhamad”said: “the course added for me new knowledge and valuable expressions like “media and gender”,” time management”, “leadership’s skills”, which became very needy subjects at the media work.
The student “line zrefeh” said: “the program of the course was included various subjects which contained all mass media and from “theoretical side” lectures were supporting the practical training side in specific “print journalism” , “ journalistic reporting” , as well as the center organized the visiting field for the students to visit the journals, radio stations and Syria’s channels.
Finally, the Arab women Media Center advised that the center is working now to arrange the media training site.

AWMC ‘s function which concentrated on the practical training side which put the students to guide and plan the work in the future and supported their experiences and their rehearsals in job

Damascus – SANA
 

Translated A-E by

MS, Dema Atiatt

The efficacities of the second training camp was continued at Radio & TV training center which Arab women media center had organized in Jordan including 20 students from Syria in 4-12 April 2009 .
The students got in the camp “youth for change “ ,an integral training program for 9 days that including information and important implementations which related to modern journalism & leadership skills ,Time management , conflicts resolution ,journalistic news and visiting some of media foundations in Syria .

Mr.Taleb Kadee’ the secretary – general at Radio & TV training center which followed to the Arabic international University ,on a conversation with Sana agency ….He said : “by talking about the center ‘s function which concentrated on the practical training side which put the students to guide and plan the work in the future and supported their experiences and their rehearsals in job .

In addition , this present course will give for the groups of the media students the automatic of real work in media through the practical side.
Al –Kadee’ explained the center’s role to arrange the course and saving its requirements and coordinated the trainers visiting to the Syrian mass media .He indicated that the center has own a good capability to give the services for the others authorities throughout the year to rise the level of preparation for journalists .
In addition , we entered new subjects in the course like , leadership skills ,within teams . Also , She added every trainers should make or produce a project at the end of the camp which aimed to know their levels to develop their performances .
Al Imam explained :” This activity is adding to students the passion to learn more and more and acting with the special lecturers in media .
“Soror Nasr Al deen” she is a media student in Damascus university said :” the workshop gave us the practical part ,side which we need it in our universities .Also ,she added we learned how to interact and participate with others which give the chance for every one to talk about his view according of that discussion we can take benefits from the others “ .

“Mahasen Al Imam” the president of Arab women media center in Jordan said :” This camp is not the first activity for us in Syria .We had established in the last year the training program at Al lathekeeh about “ news reporting “ . She added “We are starting presently with a new program which is
“Youth for change “ ,and it will be the same title for the second training camp after we had established the first camp in Amman and we are going to organized the third camp in Cairo Also ,the final camp it will be in Jordan . Then , we will contract a conference in Damascus to gather all the participants from the fourth camps
As , it will be there almost hundred trainers . She said :” In the camp we are concentrated on the theoretical side as much as the practical side because we depended on the practicing way among groups . The camp’s aim is to polish the youth’s skills among the art of journalism .

Naser Saleh explained that the distance between the students and the lecturers in this camp was very short in comparison with our universities . She added the lectures have the right ways to give us the right information easily which created in ourselves the passion of interaction between the students .

As well as “ Omar Al- Maleke “ who is a student in 4 years in media department ,branch open education that he is happy to participate in this course .He said :” There are different things in the camp among the number of students .However , they have the same curriculums and he explained that the center’s concentration was very strong for the student to react and give his information for the others .So that , he will benefit from his mistakes and other mistakes .
Al Mleke was referred that there was a special case of interaction between the lecturer and the student which give the balance for the lecture through the useful from the different style or manner to explain any information in easy way which give the chance of interaction and participation between students and the lecturers.
It mentioned that Arab women media center established in Jordan – Amman since 1999 with four women media experiences from this reason we named the center ….among them the journalist Mahasen Al Emam who worked in a different mass media .

The center work the Arabic national through different axises the important one institute workshop which related to the media side and concentrate on the media students .In addition , media production . The center produced until now 5 books and 4 movies which talk about the women and pointed the light on women issues .Beside , to set up the
training courses for women to give for them the supporting in their life .

The center instituted at every year a conference for women journalists that every Arab women journalists participated on it from the Arab nation , for Syria has the strong participation and there are many branches and centers which divided in the Arab countries .

Guide provides women MPs media relations `how-to'

JORDAN TIMES 

By Sahar Aloul

AMMAN — On the eve of parliamentary elections and amidst the growing speculations of large numbers of women registering as candidates, a regional NGO produced a guide for hopeful women MPs on how best to address the media.

“Let Your Voice be Heard,” a publication by the Arab Women Media Centre, targets women that intend to run in the June elections but lack adequate experience with the media. It provides basic guidelines on issues ranging from television interviews and press releases to public speaking and reaching a `target' audience.

“This booklet is part of our effort to empower women that need direction on how to speak to the media,” said the centre's head, Mahasen Imam, who also prepared the Arabic publication.

“Any woman can benefit from this guide, even those that have previous experiences with the media ... It's a guide that can be used anytime, anywhere by anyone — even men,” she added.

But Imam's main focus is on the upcoming elections, as she stressed the need to make woman candidates heard by their constituents.

“We want a two-way dialogue where future MPs successfully put their message out to voters, who are in turn able to voice their concerns to them,” the media expert said.

The booklet itself is written in an easy-to-read language and is divided into a series of compact chapters detailing what prospective members of parliament should or should not do throughout the election campaign.

Interviews, for newspapers, television and radio are an integral part of a candidate's career both before and after elections. Imam advises her readers to “be in control of the interview ... Always prepare beforehand for any expected questions.”

She also cautions against wearing too much makeup or jewellery when appearing on television and to avoid shiny or overly adorned clothes.

“Over 90 per cent of communication is nonverbal, so appearance is extremely important,” she advised.

This guide is the centre's second publication, after “Voices of Delayed Victims of Violence,” which appeared earlier this year, tackling violence against women.

The centre, founded in 1999, is the first NGO of its kind in the region concerned with promoting women in the media, through on-the-job journalist training and field research.

Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, 2003