The Nasawiya Café is a non-profit, smoke-free, volunteer-run activist space now officially open in Beirut! What is it? In January, we moved Nasawiya out of an office and into a beautiful new location on the ground level in one of Mar Mikhael’s burgeoning neighborhoods. We fixed the space up by raising funds from events and [...]
Please spread this infographic among your circles. NorLevo (morning after pill / Plan B/ emergency contraception) has been off the Lebanese market since October 2011, and this (the Yuzpe Method) is what could be used instead. Emergency contraception is birth control that prevents pregnancy after unsafe sex. You can use emergency contraception right away – [...]
A lot of arguments have surfaced against the criminalization of marital rape, against considering forced sex between spouses rape, and against its inclusion in the law to protect family violence currently being deliberated in parliament. Nasawiya presented some of these arguments and their rebuttals in order to dispel the myths that continue to plague women’s [...]
Starting November 3 and through to December, we will be hosting prominent women’s rights activists in Lebanon for intimate discussions on their personal and political feminist journeys. Every Thursday at 7pm in November, join us at Nasawiya to meet and talk with the women who have inspired social change in Lebanon for years and decades. [...]
Join us for a fun-filled party with great live performances, free entrance, and affordable drinks! Even hardcore activists need refreshments and refueling every once in a while Check out the event on Facebook.
Premier Najib Mikati has announced the formation of a new cabinet (after months of deliberation) of 30 ministers. Check list in Arabic and English. The new cabinet has no women ministers. That’s zero, nil, nothing. The previous cabinet had two women ministers. This one has none. Needless to say the women’s movement rejects this total [...]
The Nasawiya Retreat is an annual gathering for dozens of our members in which we discuss thoroughly the current status and challenges facing the feminist movement in Lebanon. We also draft strategic plans for our different initiatives. This year’s retreat is scheduled for July 29-31 and will take place in a lodge in Kfardebian, Lebanon [...]
حول الاجتماع الاخير للجنة المراة والطفل النيابية: المطلوب مقاربة حقوقية وليس مراعاة المخاوف الطائفية توقفت حملة جنسيتي حق لي ولأسرتي عند إجتماع “لجنة المرأة والطفل النيابية” الذي عقد في 18 أيار الماضي لمناقشة حق النساء اللبنانيات بمنح جنسيتهن لأسرهن، والذي أوصى “بإيجاد صيغة لتعديل القانون بما يعطي المرأة اللبنانية حقها في منح الجنسية لأولادها في [...]
The Goethe Institut & Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IfI) at the American University of Beirut are organizing an international conference on youth, sexuality and self-expression in the Arab World on April 6-7, 2011. The conference is taking place at College Hall, Auditorium B1 and the Film screenings are in Bathish [...]
This Friday and every Friday in the coming weeks, Nasawiya will be hosting discussions on the wave of anti sectarian regime demonstrations, sit ins and protests. We will discuss how those happenings are going, how they affect us, get feedback from members who have taken part in the planning and implementation of the past events, [...]
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