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.