Women's Focus in Middle East

Women in the Arab world are minimalised daily, their needs generally overlooked by the society they live in.

SAT-7, the Christian satellite television channel broadcasting to the Middle East, is now transmitting a full hour of new programming tailored just for them.

Programmes for this "Women’s Block", airing twice each day, are made by dedicated SAT-7 staff in studios in Egypt and Lebanon.

From these locations, the teams work hard at writing scripts, producing video reports, and creating shows that examine difficult issues confronting Arab women from a Christian point of view. Armed with the truth from this biblical worldview, it is possible to see a change in the families, too.

SAT-7 CEO Terry Ascott says,

"Families in this region especially face problems like poverty, illiteracy, migration, negative media influences, divorce and spousal abuse." The threat against the family also threatens, by extrapolation, the society, as a whole.

"SAT-7 invites all churches and Christian agencies and media in the Arab World to join the campaign by dedicating the year 2006 to be the Year of the Family."

The 2006 focus is aimed at strengthening families, building unity among churches, and drawing more people to Himself.

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