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Strategic document 2009 Arab Media from a gender perspective : trends and operational tools
Published in 2009 under the second phase of the Program of Gender and Arab media. It draws on the most important findings of the three reports of Arab Women Development "Arab Women and Media: an Analytical Study of Researches published between 1995 and 2005" based on the conclusions and major recommendations that emerged from various conferences, research efforts and related initiatives in the Arab region.
The Strategic document aims to establish fair information practice based on equality, balance and diversity in terms of image and professional practice, through two levels of intervention which involve confirming the principle of diversity of women’s image in the media and establishing the principle of professional parity in media organizations.
To facilitate the process of using it by targeted sides, including essentially workers, major players and decision-makers in the media, men and women, in addition to all the institutions related to information from ministries, supervising bodies, unions and specialized research centers… The document contained four main parts.
The first part focused on the Strategic document and the course of its preparation and terms of reference and foundations on which it relied. The second part dealt with the conceptual framework of gender and how to draw on it in the Arab media system, while the third part provided the strategic vision and objectives of the document and the levels of its intervention. As for the fourth and last part, it was devoted to tools designed to activate the guidance document. It is a set of practical tools proposed by the document to be applied and implemented by targeted sides and includes networks to analyze women’s image in the media, the index of parity in media and the code of ethics of journalism from a gender perspective.
The Strategic document was released with the support of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM and the Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organizations, AGFUND.
Arab women and information and communication technology 
Published in 2007. It contains four scientific papers on issues related to aspects of the interaction of Arab women with information and communication technology and the utilization of digital technology and interactive communication, especially the Internet.
Arab women and media: an analytical study of researches between 1995 and 2005 
published in 2006 to monitor Arab researches conducted in the period between 1995 and 2005 on women and media and their findings and recommendations with a view to identifying reasons that make the image of women in the media and their relationship with it as producers and consumers be in such condition.
The report contains a first section addressing the Arab media and communication landscape and changes introduced to it and the situation of Arab women communicators in it and a second section which contains an analysis of Arab researches according to major topics that addressed the public and women as subjects, images, producers and consumers and the information and communication technologies.
The report was issued in cooperation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the @NGED and with the support of the Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organizations.
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