• Join the Nasawiya Retreat: May 17-19

    Join the Nasawiya Retreat: May 17-19

    | April 30, 2013 | Comments (1)

    The upcoming Nasawiya Retreat is a 3-day workshop with guest speakers and facilitators covering topics on: Gender-based violence Politics of sexuality Women’s rights in Lebanon Tools for activism As well as information on Nasawiya’s activities and projects for women who’d like to become active members of our collective. The retreat will be held in Auberge [...]

  • ‘Goodnight Sofia’ and ‘Price of Sex’

    ‘Goodnight Sofia’ and ‘Price of Sex’

    | January 4, 2013 | Comments (1)

    This Friday, we are happy to invite you to the screenings of 2 great films: one is Italian and the other is Eastern European. At 6 pm, we will screen the Italian “Goodnight Sofia’. A girl, after suffering a serious loss, goes trough the empty streets of a town far away. She’s alone and hurt. [...]

  • Screening of Machuca

    Screening of Machuca

    | November 25, 2012 | Comments (0)

    Film nights are back! We will be screening Machuca, this coming Wednesday at 6:30 PM at Nasawiya Cafe in Mar Mkhayel, first right after Pub Chaplin. Description: Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago during Salvador Allende’s socialist government and shortly before General Augusto Pinochet’s military [...]

Join the Nasawiya Retreat: May 17-19

| April 30, 2013 | Comments (1)
Join the Nasawiya Retreat: May 17-19

The upcoming Nasawiya Retreat is a 3-day workshop with guest speakers and facilitators covering topics on: Gender-based violence Politics of sexuality Women’s rights in Lebanon Tools for activism As well as information on Nasawiya’s activities and projects for women who’d like to become active members of our collective. The retreat will be held in Auberge [...]

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منظمات حقوقية ومدنية ونسوية تتضامن مع هيئة التنسيق النقابية

| March 6, 2013 | Comments (1)

بيروت في 6-3-2013 نعلن نحن المنظمات الموقعة أدناه، عن تضامننا الكامل مع إضراب هيئة التنسيق المفتوح من أجل تحقيق العيش الكريم واللائق للعاملين والعاملات في القطاع العام وللأساتذة في القطاعين العام والخاص. وبتضامننا هذا، لا نقف مع هيئة التنسيق النقابية حصرا، بل مع أنفسنا أولا. ذلك لأن التحرك النقابي القائم حاليا والذي لم نشهد له [...]

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One Billion Rising-Lebanon

| February 11, 2013 | Comments (0)

From the event page on facebook Join us on V-Day on 14 February 2013. Let us STRIKE, DANCE, RISE in our community and demand an end to violence against women and girls. All details are here.

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Monthly Info Session 1.3 – Dr. Charbel Nahas on the Sponsorship System

| February 7, 2013 | Comments (0)

انضموا الى الجلسة الرابعة لحركة مناهضة العنصرية مع وزير العمل السابق شربل نحاس الذي سيحاضر في نظام الكفالة في لبنان. هذا النظام الذي يحكم العلاقة بين أصحاب العمل وعاملات المنزل الأجنبيات يستضعف العاملات الأجنبيات ويعرّضهن للاساءة والاستغلال ومن ثمّ يقيّدهن في هذه الحالات التعسفية. دكتور نحّاس سيناقش عدم وجود ما يسمى بنظام الكفالة وسيطرح اعتماد [...]

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Global Protest Against Sexual Terrorism Practiced on Egyptian Female Protestors وقفة عالمية ضدّ الإرهاب الجنسي الذي يُمارس على المتظاهرات المصريّات

| February 7, 2013 | Comments (0)

نحن، مواطنات ومواطنون من جنسيّات العالم كلّه، نرفض أن نشاهد في صمت تفشّي ظاهرة الإرهاب الجنسي المُمارس على المتظاهرات المصريّات. نريد أن نظهر دعمنا وتضامننا وتقديرنا للمعتدَى عليهنّ اللواتي يدفعن من لحمهنّ الحيّ ثمن مشاركتهنّ في الثورة المصريّة المستمرّة. كما ونريد أن نحيّي جهود المتطوعين/ات الذين/اللواتي يخاطرون/ن بحياتهم/هن لتأمين ميدان التحرير. لذلك قرّرنا أن نتجمّع [...]

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حياة النساء أهم من كراسيكم

| February 4, 2013 | Comments (0)

The coalition to legislate the protection of women from domestic violence, headed by Kafa, has launched the campaign -«حياة النساء أهم من كراسيكم»(The protection of Women is more important than your seats) -  on the 29th of January. here’s the link to the launching: https://www.facebook.com/events/556922660994346/ The campaign – a continuation of the 5-yr long process [...]

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‘Goodnight Sofia’ and ‘Price of Sex’

| January 4, 2013 | Comments (1)
‘Goodnight Sofia’ and ‘Price of Sex’

This Friday, we are happy to invite you to the screenings of 2 great films: one is Italian and the other is Eastern European. At 6 pm, we will screen the Italian “Goodnight Sofia’. A girl, after suffering a serious loss, goes trough the empty streets of a town far away. She’s alone and hurt. [...]

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A Talk about Gender and the Disappeared in Lebanon

| December 11, 2012 | Comments (1)

Join us this Thursday, December 13th at 7 pm at Nasawiya for a talk about analyzing the problem of the disappeared of the civil war in Lebanon from a gender-based approach. Lyna and Chole, who are both well versed on the issue in their own capacities, will be guiding us into presenting how disappearances related [...]

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Monthly Info Session 1.1 – Arbitrary Detention and Migrant Workers

| December 6, 2012 | Comments (0)

Anti Racism Movement will be hosting a monthly info session, every second Monday of every month (We’ll have facebook events to remind you, don’t worry) The second info session will be on Arbitrary Detention and Migrant Workers in Lebanon. Whether you don’t know much about the subject or think you know it all, we urge [...]

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Film Screening: Historias Mínimas- Intimate Stories

| December 3, 2012 | Comments (0)

Film nights continue this week! We will be screening Historias Mínimas (Intimate Stories), this coming Wednesday at 7:00 PM at Nasawiya Cafe in Mar Mkhayel, first right after Pub Chaplin. Description:  Three people travel from their small home town into the outside world in search of answers and adventure in this bittersweet comedy drama. Don [...]

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