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UNDER PATRONAGE OF
HRH PRINCES BASMA
Arab
women journalists' conference number
9
Place - Petra -
Jordan, May 14-16-2012
Subject: National
media and Arabs' Uprising
HRH PRINCES BASMA PATRONAGED LAST
CONFERENCE
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Since world anti terrorism campaign launched till so
far, nothing much happened in Middle East , regards improving the
nation' methodology towards modernization, or controlling extremism
and radicalism”, reasons why because of following aspects:
Arabs' order [Governmental] strategy towards the rights of their own
people especially freedom of expressions still lacking behind.
So fanatics and extremism have filled this gab [distance between
Arab order and public] and succeeded to influencing the public
towards religious fanatics groups here and there.
National media [Private and Governmental] did not dare to involve
them selves to countering the strong influence of those radicals on
publics, also no real efforts practiced by governmental and non to
stop this non sense.
AWMC have found it is a time to talk less and work and practice
more, so we are planning to launch 9th Arab women journalists
conference under our own strategy that is [NOOR] stands for New
Order Of Reforming our way of living, by opening real dialogue
first, between ourselves as an Arab journalists, so as to touch our
life aspects' status, and how to presenting ourselves to the world
as civilized nation respecting human rights, not ignoring others
rights in believes and freedom.
Living in a new era of global challenges and modern communication
technology, Arab Media (governmental and private) face the need to
upgrade and update our understanding and skills in addressing
non-Arab public and audiences and develop a new media strategy to
introducing our points of views to reflect a real image of the Arab
people.
Arab Women Journalists in this part of our world MENA
region have recognized the need of
social, economic and political changes, so they started steering the
national media to supporting this national need, so this is main reason to Arabs'
spring or Arabs up rise calling for removing old retarded Arabs'
political order calling to replacing democracy and elected
governments.
AWMC found it is time to launch 9th conference,
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Objectives
- Creating a common
understanding of radicalism' attitudes' risks on Arabs' nation.
- How national media overcome the fanatics and radicalism' thereat.
- Issuing new methodology of living supported by national media agencies.
- Extremism, radicalism created negative influence on media ethics in
general.
Fixed applications' processes
Conference invitations process
Invitations launched on line to Arab
women journalists; AWMC are asking you to part in
Arab women journalists' conference number [09]
conference, detailed processes are as
follow:
A. Process:
all communications will release by E-mailing and on line procedure,
addressed to: awmc@accessme.com.jo
or awmc@ayamm.org and cc to:
organizer@ayamm.org and
according to the following steps:
1. Registering as AWMC member if not a
member - just click
here.
2. After being accepted as member, AWMC
asking to Apply as participants by filling application form - just click
here. dead
line May 9th - 2012.
3. AWMC will assign a special committee, to
evaluate and allocate short listed participants, then will release an
E-mail to all attached by short list of participants whom decided to
join in.
4. Short listed parts have to fill a
confirmation form and fwd back- just click
here.
5. Last step, AWMC will release an official
invitation letter, addressed to whom it may concern to facilitate entry
to Jordan state' check points.
6. AWMC asking you to keep browsing on
conference on line to follow the update of our daily upload.
B. Invitation
status: AWMC having the pleasure to invite you to part in
Arab women journalists conference in Amman - Jordan.
Expenses including round trip travel and
conference fees on participants charge.
Accommodations during
conference' days paid
by AWMC.
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For more info please contact following:
A. AWMC HQ - Amman: Ms. Sana Al Shareif -
Conference organizer
E-mails:
organizer@ayamm.org
sanaemam@hotmail.com
GSM +
962799310283
B. Petra - Mr. Yassin Saidat
GSM + 962777304554, Or
+962797009075
E-mail
y.saidat@pra.gov.jo |
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CONFERENCE TIME TABLE
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Arrival May
14-2012.
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Opening session
May 15-2012.
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Conference' days
May 15' 16.
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Departure' day
May 17 - 2012.
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May 15 evening
[Dinner invitation by Petra Province Authority ] Place
Little
Petra Bedouin Camp
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Arab
women journalists' conference number 8
Under patronage of HRH Princes Basma
AWMC together with FFF
Foundation
For Future AND KARAMEH ORG
By
Laila Azzeh
AMMAN ––
HRH Princess Basma on Wednesday underscored the significant role
Arab women play in “influencing the formation of media discourse”.
In her address at the opening of the 8th Arab Women Media Conference
titled, “Arab Media, Women and their Strategic Role in the
Elimination of Violence”, the Princess said women in the Arab world
have achieved a “distinguished” presence and “high” credibility in
the field of media.
“But there is still a need for more work and support to bring about
the desired change in behaviours and attitudes towards women and
their causes,” added the Princess, who is the honorary chairman of
the Arab Media Women’s Centre (AMWC), which was established in 1999
under her directives to empower Arab women journalists. |
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Ms. Lara conference opening introducer
Speakers are bellow: |
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Ms. Laila Shaikhely JSC TV |
Ms. Mahasen Al emam AWMC Director
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Ms. Nabilla Hamzeh
President, Foundation for the Future |
Ms. Hibaq: Karameh org |
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The Audience
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Princess Basma pointed out that violence has
become a “global disruptive phenomenon”, whether it is community
violence that people resort to for solving individual or collective
conflicts instead of resorting to the law and the principles of
justice and equity, “or violence that leads to the scourge of war
and armed conflicts”.
She added that “violence with its various
forms, motives and objectives reflects an imbalance in the
principles and values of humanity”.
The Princess underlined that a free media is
particularly important in today’s world due to the accelerating
scientific achievements in the field of information and
communication technologies.
“This doubles the responsibility of the media in formulating public
opinion and promoting the values of justice, freedom and equality
between human beings,” she highlighted.
Participants at the three-day conference, held
by the AMWC in cooperation with Karama and the Foundation for the
Future (FFF), are focusing on several issues of concern to the Arab
media, including political terrorism, religious extremism and social
violence.
Karama Founder and CEO Hibaaq Osman
underscored the need for media women to be “vigilant” and
“political” to ensure they are not mobilised to initiate wars.
She indicated that Karama, launched in 2005 to provide a framework
for coordination among people working to stop violence against
women, is working with the UN to ensure the implementation of
resolutions pertaining to women.
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Above are Pics of conference
number 8 parts |
Collective snap with HRH Princes Basma and conference parts
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Journalist Ms. Muna Bosamra from UAE Press association
awarded MRS Al Emam Mahasen AWMC Director |
Although the media is considered a profession
that is fraught with dangers and difficulties,
FFF Director Nabila Hamza
noted that this has not deterred Arab women from being part of it.
“It is now common to see Arab women journalists in hot spots and
war-torn areas such as Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Gaza among others,”
she said, stressing that Arab women are still suffering from weak
representation in decision making and leading positions in the
field.
“There is a clear under-representation of women as editors-in-chief
and directors in the Arab world,” she underlined, highlighting the
foundation’s efforts to fund media projects and training courses in
the Arab world, including Jordan.
She indicated that women tend to focus more on humanitarian aspects
when covering wars, especially the suffering of women and children,
whereas men focus more on the number of fatalities and bombs.
In addition, Arab media are less open to the
concerns of women than to those of men, according to
Leila Sheikhali,
a prominent Arab media figure.
“For example, women politicians are not
covered by the media as much as male politicians who usually take
all the attention,” she said during the opening ceremony, noting
that political interviews and talk shows in general are mainly
dominated by men.
Sheikhali
noted that only 13 per cent of international news reports focus on
women, adding that “most of those reports portray women as victims”.
Forty journalists from Egypt,
Tunisia, the UAE, Morocco, Algeria, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon,
Yemen, Qatar and Sudan are taking part in the conference, in
addition to 25 Jordanian media figures.
AMWC
President Mahasen Imam expressed hope that the conference will
result in a joint media strategy.
“Our role is to form a task force to end oppression and violence
against women in the media”, she stressed.
As published in Jordan Times just click over
THE CONFERENCE IN ARABIC
AWMC TOGETHER WITH FUTURE FOUNDATION AND
KARAMEH
are planning to launch Arab women
journalists' conference number 8 Amman - Jordan -
Oct 5th - 8th - 2010
The goal
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8th
Arab Women Media conference is to focusing on women journalists'
role in combating extremism as 1st step to create modern
national media strategy. |
The objectives
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- Creating a common understanding of
radicalism' attitudes' risks on Arabs' nation.
- How national media overcome the
fanatics and radicalism' thereat.
- Issuing new methodology of living
supported by national media agencies.
- Extremism, radicalism created
negative influence on media ethics in general. |
Justification (Analysis of Issue
/Problem/Situation):
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Since world anti terrorism campaign
launched till so far, nothing much happened in Middle East , regards
improving the nation' methodology towards modernization, or
controlling extremism and radicalism”, reasons why because of
following aspects:
Arabs' order [Governmental] strategy
towards the rights of their own people especially freedom of
expressions still lacking behind.
So fanatics and extremism have
filled this gab [distance between Arab order and public] and
succeeded to influencing the public towards religious fanatics
groups here and there.
National media [Private and
Governmental] did not dare to involve them selves to countering the
strong influence of those radicals on publics, also no real efforts
practiced by governmental and non to stop this non sense.
AWMC
have found it is a time to talk less and work and practice more, so
we are planning to launch 8th Arab women journalists conference
under our own strategy that is [NOOR] stands for New Order Of
Reforming our way of living, by opening real dialogue first, between
ourselves as an Arab journalists, so as to touch our life aspects'
status, and how to presenting ourselves to the world as civilized
nation respecting human rights, not ignoring others rights in
believes and freedom.
Living in a new era of global
challenges and modern communication technology, Arab Media
(governmental and private) face the need to upgrade and update our
understanding and skills in addressing non-Arab public and audiences
and develop a new media strategy to introducing our points of views
to reflect a real image of the Arab people.
Arab Women Journalists in this part
of our world where recently conflicts have increased caused passive
social, economic and political changes.
AWMC
found it is time to launch 8th conference. |
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Conference number 8 final communiqué's
Under patronage of HRH Princes Basma [AWMC
good will Ambassador] AWMC launched Arab women journalists' conference
number 8 calling for [Arab women journalist and her strategic role in
fighting violence and radicalism' act] - the place was Amman - Jordan -
Participants were 60 journalists from MENA region including 20 parts
from Jordan.
In 3 conference' working days, The
conferencees reached to following final recommendations:
A. Special media meeting and training
courses - Target - women journalists in MENA region to be trained on how
issuing non violence national media stories and articles.
B. Calling for an updated and modern media
codes and abbreviations away from violence atmosphere.
C. Starting researches and studies also
making real national surveys to enabling journalism industry national
staff to put their fingers on violence risks and side effects on the
nation.
D. Enabling
AWMC media watch
team in MENA region to follow and watch national and
international media speech at same time report to the center.
E. Issuing an annual national media in which
focusing on all kind of violence in MENA region as well as distributing
matter on our national media agencies.
F. Calling for meeting or conference in MENA
states to show the most influencing and active national media efforts that addressing nation
in fighting all kind of violence - at same time just to encouraging our
women journalists to go for fighting violence media acts AWMC
announced special Award for the best sorry or article.
G. Supporting our women journalists working in hot and dangerous compact
areas such as Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia.
H. Media education campaign that target those poor people in hot region
as well as focusing on international laws and concerned their rights as
a victims of war and violence also terror.
K.
Activating our women in media contacts and networking via AWMC media
watch network and face book + Tweeter.
L.
Calling MENA states to hosting upcoming conferences in their own
capitals and in order.
The follow up committee of:
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Maha Awad - Palestine.
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Mervat Abu Jame`a - Gaza - Palestine.
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Kawthar Biomy - Sudan.
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Amal Idriss - Algeria.
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Muna Bo samra - UAE - Dubai.
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Reem Mahmood - Syria.
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Dr. Hana Yousef - Cairo - Egypt.
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Munia Buaffia - Morocco.
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