Tunis hosts Arab journalists workshop on social gender

A training workshop of Arab journalists on "the integration of the concept of social gender in analysis and urban development planning throughout media" opened works in Tunis on Wednesday.

This session is held by the regional office for the urban development program in the Arab states in association with the Arab forum of information on environment and development and the center of research, studies, documentation and information on women (CREDIF).

The first session saw the presentation of activities of the regional office for urban development in Tunis to reinforce complementarity and coordination between the various fields of urban development in the Arab world, the reinforcement of the contribution of cities to economic development, the reduction of pockets of poverty notably among women as well as the creation of a network of experts specialized in this field.

The four-day workshop is aimed to inform Arab journalists of the concepts and tools related to the integration of the social gender in the treatment of issues of urban development in order to fight all stereotypes on women in the media and in the Arab society in general.