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New Algerian Women's Radio – Unique In Arab World

An Algerian women's association has announced the launch of a radio station for women, the first of its kind in Algeria and in the Arab world.

The station is aimed at "supporting the Algerian woman's great struggle against violence and extremism, and advancing it on the legal, media, and cultural level."

The station is to be funded by the E.U.

Source: Aafaq.org, May 7, 2008

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