Smart centre and Women in Front conclude the "Media Supporting Women Leaders" project and launch of the “pioneer women guidebook”

The Smart centre for media and advocacy and the Women in Front completed last week their project entitled "Media Supporting Women Leaders" launching at the occasion the 2013 guidebook of pioneer women which includes CVs of 22 women considered to be pioneers in some 12 field Certificates were also distributed to some 30 journalist who received training on how to highlight the role of women in the media.  Both events took place during a ceremony which was organized in Beirut with the participation of representatives of local and international representatives of various civil society organizations, women who are pioneer in social, economic and political work, media representatives and the former trainees.
The director of Smart, Randa Yassir, noted that the fruit of collaboration between civil society organisations that support women’s pioneering roles and the ministry of information that is committed to influencing change.  Yassir also shared the results of a study covering a sample of Lebanese women and which addresses women’s pioneering role, the impact of the media at the level of coverage, while focusing on women and self development, women and the media, and women pioneering.
Source: Al-Mustaqbal, The Daily Star, L’Orient Le jour