SAT-7’s Executive Director of Europe, Asia and Pacific, Kurt Johansen, visited Cairo from 11-16 January 2023 to meet with SAT-7 staff in Egypt, to consolidate existing networks, and to build relationships with new contacts.

As the world marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November, a new SAT-7 program is challenging aggression and brutality across the Arab World. Today Not Tomorrow, broadcast on SAT-7 ARABIC, provides a platform for viewers to share their heart about topics that are rarely discussed even in their own households. It highlights not only physical violence, but also more subtle forms of coercion.

“We want to target the ‘everywoman’ – those who are somehow entrapped and confined,” says Maggie Morgan, producer and director of SAT-7’s new live program Today not Tomorrow, which will be broadcast on SAT-7 ARABIC this month.

After nearly two weeks of protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, is there any hope left between the violence and anguish?  “Yes,” says SAT-7 PARS Presenter Sally Momtazi. “Women are no longer alone; the country’s men are standing with them.”

Voices from across the region, working to defend freedoms, and looking at our work as the Body of Christ were key highlights of SAT-7’s 2022 European Vision meeting, which took place in Copenhagen last week.

On International Women’s Day, SAT-7 programs across the Middle East and North Africa celebrate women’s power to change society for the better, while calling for faster progress towards recognition of their God-given, equal value in families, communities, and societies.

“I want to feel safe out on the street” was the powerful cry from a young woman on You Enlighten Us. Presented by youth, for youth, SAT-7 ARABIC’s new talk show has been ground-breaking from its conception – but in challenging gender inequality in its first episodes, the program establishes itself as a true vehicle for positive change.

Four seconds can mean the difference between life and death, according to SAT-7 TÜRK’s Self Defence. This new social impact program will educate women on how to defend themselves from abuse.