On the occasion of International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8 of every year, France 24 (Arabic, English, French and Spanish) and Monte Carlo Doualiya will celebrate the event for a whole month. This includes airing a series of reports, interviews and coverages to underline the need to strengthen and promote gender equality and justice. The radio stations will host female role models to talk about their experiences, success stories, and how they addressed the challenges they faced in society. Among the scheduled programs on Franch 24 are tete-a-tetes with Lebanese climber, Joyce Azzam, Algerian Berber singer, Souad Massi, Syrian flutist, Naissam Jalal and Tunisian actress, Hind Sabri. Likewise, Monte Carlo Doualiya will broadcast the ‘Café Show’ on Sunday, March 28, that will depict women experiences each in her own arena. These will include: Souad Massi, who committed her voice to serving women’s causes; Shaza Nouman, Iraqi painter, winner of multiple awards and founder of a charity targeting Iraqi women; Rim Wael, international law specialist, founder of Salamat initiative to spread awareness on digital security in Arab countries; Rania Ayoub, the young Palestinian woman who transformed a Parisian café into a cultural meeting house and Doua’, also from Palestine, who created a Facebook page to raise awareness among women about their rights, specifically those related to ‘honor crimes’, gender-based violence and social inequality. (Al Akhbar, March 5, 2020)