Under the auspices
of Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Samiea, President of Assiut University, the proceedings of
the program arranged by the department of media, Faculty of Arts, started
yesterday. The progrman was attended by Dr. Abdel Gawad-Tawfik, acting Dean of
the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Omaima Omran, Head of the Media Department, Dr. Awatif
Abdel-Rahman, Professor of Media, Cairo University, and a number of faculty
members from Sohag and Minia universities.
Dr. Omaima assured the importance of Egyptian Women and their role in the
development of the community, and added that the three-day-program aims at
providing Upper Egyptian media women with updates in the field so that they
become aware of the effective role of women in the various avenues of media and
communication.
Woman, Media, and Development in Upper Egypt A Training Program in Assiut University