Radio Station Seeks to Empower Palestinian Women

VOA   
June 28th, 2010

By Luis Ramirez

Palestinian women are hoping to improve their lives by using the air waves.  A group of women in the West Bank this month launched one of the first all-women’s radio stations in the Arab world.

Halla Bazzar, a woman in her 20s, begins her afternoon show.  For this young professional, the job is more than just running a show. It is about giving women living in conflict a key to success. “We talk about issues that would inspire women in the future,” she said.

Giving women hope for the future is one of the goals of the station, Nisaa FM, which started broadcasting this month from the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Founder and manager Maysoun Odeh tells VOA the station wants to entertain, but also empower women. “We broadcast success stories of women regionally, internationally, or locally in which they can take example from, and they know that they can do something and they can achieve something regardless of the situation,” she said.

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Photo: Herkie

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