Arab Women Media Center (AWMC)

AWMC Story and History

1998 - first meeting attended by Jordanian women and colleagues who have strong  expertise in media affairs - Press, TV, Radio with minimum experience not less than 20 years.  Also we participated voluntarily in most of NGOs association activities in Jordan, so we are very much familiar of women’s rights and children as well as family rights those in fact were not honestly covered neither by the media nor by NGOs' functions, so we decided to start our research to establish a media center to serve this belief and doctrine.

Early 1999 we did finish all process to convert our dream into reality -starting obtaining license and registration as well as rented an apartment in Amman within the old and most cultural place in the town, named JABELL ALWAIBDEH, as a suitable place for our Arabs’ Media Women Center. After doing required maintenance and renovation to the building we furnished and equipped the rooms’ office with a reasonable furniture and office hard ware which cost me around (25000 JD).

On 5th of Dec 1999 HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal (Sister of our Late king Hussein of Jordan) cut the ribbon. Then we started our work exactly the day after.

Aug 10th 2001 AWMC moved to a new location closer to city center at Al Abdalli, opposite of ministry of education main gate on street renamed after the center to be name as Al Ellamiatt Al Arabiatt Street.

Sep 12 2001 HRH opened our electronic website that is www.ayamm.org. The Princess accepted to represent AWMC as honorary president.

Aug till now AWMC involved in many projects and programs:

• Media Training.

• Media to non Media awareness to publishing human rights and democracy.

• Calling for 2 media conferences for Arab Women in Media members, first June 2001, second Oct 2002.

• Producing films on violence against women named [ Voice of suspended victims of violence].

• Youths media to non media awareness, we've started to call for a regional conference planed to switch on early Jan 2004, parts will be from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine, hosted by their counter part 20 Jordanian youths.

 AWMC Strategy and Objectives

We are concerned with media work  (written, audio, video) that focuses on, women, children and family rights and Democracy education to concluding media freedom alongside  with journalism ethics, showing also highlighting active and passive responds and responsibilities by adopting such a media philosophy and efforts to introduce an idea of media privatization in practicing and performing the following steps:

• ·       Genuine self research on our own  What, Why, How -. What is our status globally?  Why we still have human rights violations?  How we should develop our self towards modernization? reasons why still dragging in Democratization process.

• ·       Data has to be collected by means of an effective and reliable reconnaissance network not ignoring and any level in the society  beside carrying research workshops, and seminars: classifying process by putting data in tables, logging for logic and facts, producing reports and assessments as well as recommendation if it is necessary.

• ·       Disseminate reports, cases, and status briefed or comprehensive subjected for publishing and feedback to all NGOs locally and internationally as well as governmental decision makers in term of monthly or periodic magazine besides documentary films and pamphlets as well as updating our web site on the internet on daily bases.

• ·       Offering  on the job training  for newly graduate media women  by hiring them in practicing their future careers’ job in the media and media [ESP], as well as offering media to non media training as a media campaign to non media objectives to upgrade their knowledge on Human rights, and Democratization. 

• ·       Helping unemployed media women by hiring them on regular and part job basis to run our media reconnaissance’s project.

Administration and Organizational Structure

Arab Media Women Center is a unique Non Governmental Organization Institute in Jordan, registered as non profitable center by Ministry of industry and commerce and licensed by Ministry of Information.
The major elements of the center consist of the following: 

• ·    AMWC GM is MRS Al Emam Mahassen advised and assist by two major committees  The AMWC higher board of advisor  The AMWC board of founders.

• ·    Membership is open for all Jordanian media women to join the center and now we almost have 56 members working as volunteers directed by a young MWV committee. 

• Liaison affairs committee are in charge of co-ordinations + co-operations with out side NGOs locally and internationally.

• Open publication - Free publishing - More women

Contacts :

Journalist Mahassen Al Emam 
AWMC Director 
Arab Women Media Center (AWMC)
Post Code 11947  P.O Box 199
Jabel Al Waibdeh- Al Ellamiatt Al Arabiatt Street, opposite of Ministry of Education -Amman Jordan

Tel /Fax:  00962 (6)  4648889 - 5059820
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web: www.ayamm.org