Arab public media broadcasters discuss gender equality

AMMAN — The Jordan Media Institute (JMI) held a two-day meeting last week that gathered more than 20 experts and representatives from seven Arab public broadcasters for a peer-to-peer activity on gender equality in the Southern Mediterranean region, according to a JMI statement released on Monday.

The meeting was part of JMI’s partnership with MedMedia, an EU-funded project for media reform, and in cooperation with the Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators.

The participants from Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco highlighted the conditions of women in their public media organisations and efforts to promote gender equality in their editorial policies and human resources, as well as monitoring media content and using gender-sensitive language.