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The Women's Media Centre of Cambodia ((クメール語:មណ្ឌលព័ត៌មានស្ត្រីកម្ពុជា)), commonly known as WMC is a Cambodian non-governmental, non profit media organization. WMC delivers national awareness and informative programs on a diverse range of issues affecting contemporary Cambodia, with a special focus on the roles and rights of Cambodian women.〔(Annual Report 2009-A Step Further )(Four Year Impact Evaluation 2006-2009 )(Annual Report 2008-Innovative for Change )(Strategic Plan 2005-2009 )(FM 102 National Radio Survey Final Report )〕 The centre is best known for its radio channel ''Women's Radio, FM102 or FM102 (វិទ្យុស្ត្រី អេហ្វអឹម ១០២)''. ==Background== During the UN-backed 1993 elections in Cambodia, a coalition of women formed the Cambodian Women's Committee for Non-Violence and the Election (CWCNVE). Their mission was to increase the participation of women in the democratic processes of voting and drafting the constitution. In collaboration with United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNTAC),and with CWCNVE launched advocacy and media campaigns and produced radio programmes about voting. They collaborated with the NGO MediaTies to train a group of women in video production skills in order to document the election from a non-partisan perspective. The momentum continued during the drafting of the Constitution of Cambodia. Through workshops, they gathered ideas from rural women, and presented them to the Constituent Assembly. One outcome of those workshops was the production of a seven-minute video. It was called 'The Rights of Women To Be Guaranteed' and was broadcast nationally as the Constitution was being drafted. Some of the coalition members recognized the need to continue to promote the rights of women even after the elections and UNTAC. They recognized the power of the media in promoting and protecting these rights as well as raising pressing development issues in the country. This core group of women went on to become the founders of the Women's Media Centre of Cambodia, and officially established it as a non-profit, non-governmental organization in January 1995. Since 1995 ‘Women's Media Centre of Cambodia’ (WMC) continues acknowledging the power of media in promoting social change in Cambodian society. WMC is committed towards promoting gender equity, women’s empowerment, and raising gender awareness in Cambodian society by discussing and bringing different issues that are often being not discussed openly and considered less important by various stakeholders. We have given voice and tried to unfold hidden and untold stories by discussing issues of developmental debates of decentralization and poverty together covering the issues like HIV and AIDS, trafficking, elections and domestic violence. WMC encourages promoting inclusive and optimistic media environment equally to all of its members and to the Cambodian community.〔http://wmc.org.kh/index.php/about-us/wwa〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Women's Media Centre of Cambodia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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