Princess Basma honours women journalists

By Laila Azzeh - Mar 09,2016 - Last updated at Mar 09,2016

AMMAN — HRH Princess Basma, who is the honorary chairperson of the Arab Media Women's Centre (AMWC), on Wednesday honoured a number of distinguished Arab media women.

At a ceremony held by the AMWC on the occasion of the Arab Women Media Day and the International Women's Day, several success stories of women in media were highlighted.

Arab Media Women’s Day is observed annually to highlight the need for more efforts to bridge the gap between official and public discourse through promoting a balanced image of women in the region, and contributing to transforming social behaviour against them.

The event was initiated by the AMWC.

In addition, the event featured the experience of a group of people whose stories were covered by the media for beating the odds to serve their communities.

Princess Basma was presented with the recommendations of the 12th Arab women media conference, which was held recently.

Established in 1999 under Princess Basma’s directives, the AMWC is a non-government organisation specialised in empowering Arab women journalists through training, research and media consultations.

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