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Gaza female journalists: ‘We won’t stop’ |
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By IslamOnline.net
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 |
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Etemad Sa’ad, who has been working as an independent film-maker, briefed IslamOnline.net about her own experience as a female media worker: “I can recall that on the first day of that war, December 27, I was sitting at the office of Alayam newspaper, along with some colleagues of mine, it was a horrible moment, hearing sounds of the Israeli strikes. However, I carried my camera and went out to the street, regardless the risks I would face then.”
Journalist and poet Nasser Attalah, believes that the presence of women in the media field is more than necessary.
Lecturer of journalism at the Islamic University of Gaza, Mohsen Alefranji, hoped that all those working in media , including journalists, writers, or media production facilities, would reflect what he termed a “real image” of women, involving women effective role in the society.
Lobna Abu Ghadein, who works as a producer with the Palestinian Women’s Affairs Center in Gaza, said that she ignores all negative comments about female media practitioners in the Gazan society. “I deal with my work as a profession and hobby, trying to continue my work and make some achievements,” Lobna said.
According to the Gaza-based Al-Kawthar Center, in cooperation with the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM), a case study conducted between 1995 and 2005 showed that 79 percent of all female media work in Gaza reinforced a stereotypic image of females, such as works focused on young women, ignoring elderly ones as well as sidelining rural women.
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