Created by a coalition of non-governmental organizations and independent activists, the 24/7 campaign aims at shedding light on the plight of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and other Arab countries. Why 24/7? Even though the Lebanese Government approved last year a unified contract for all migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, and in spite of several [...]
Secularism has been a critical demand in Lebanon ever since the declaration of independence. Unable to counter the confessional and sectarian loyalties in the years of the civil war, the question of a secular state rises once again to the fore of political life in Lebanon. This question reflects the need of the Lebanese people [...]
Arab Techies and Social Media Exchange (SMEX) have teamed up to host a meeting in Lebanon on 11-15 May 2010. The objective is for women techies to meet up, exchange skills and ideas, discuss collaborations, talk about tech from a gender perspective, and network. Our member Nadine Moawad met with Jessica Dheere from SMEX last [...]
We’re thrilled to invite you to an informal chat entitled “Another World Is Here: Anarchism and Collective Living in Barcelona” with our dear queer feminist anarchist Leil. The talk will take place on Friday, 16 April 2010 at 7:00 PM at our office in Mar Mikhael. (Call 01-447 192 for directions.) Leil will be sharing [...]
As part of our recently launched Take Back the Tech initiative, we’re holding a blogging workshop entitled “Why Blog? How to Blog? And Then?” on Saturday, 10 April 2010. Run by software developer and blogger Liliane Assaf, the workshop will take place between 11:00 AM and 1:oo PM at our office in Mar Mikhael (call [...]
After a series of successful workshops on empowering young women to use ICTs for social change and an equally successful gender initiative at ArabNetME, Nasawiya is thrilled to announce the launch of Take Back the Tech in Beirut. We are now part of a global collective of organizations, feminists, and geeks working on reclaiming information [...]
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