In November 2003, trade ministers from 34 countries met in Miami, Florida, to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). FTAA threatens to devastate workers, the environment, and public services like health care, education, and water, and to destroy indigenous rights and cultural diversity across North, Central, and South America. Thousands of union [...]
Happy International Women’s Day! We will post all IWD events in Lebanon on this page and keep it updated. Please support our events by linking to this page from your blog using these awesome graphics below. On Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, we will be going down to the streets to ask thousands [...]
After the success of last week’s session, Nasawiya is hosting another Debating Workshop for activists/ activists to be on Sunday 27-02-2011 by Dutch Debating Champion *Ali al-Jaberi. The workshop is offered to you (free of charge) by the organization of the Israeli Apartheid Week with the aim of strengthening the activist community in Lebanon. Much [...]
We call on all women’s organizations heading to the CSW next week in New York to endorse and respect the following statement from women’s NGOs in Egypt. Statement from the Coalition of Women’s NGOs in Egypt Cairo, February 20 2011 Despite the fall of some of the pillars of the Egyptian regime and the stepping [...]
Recognize the graphic above? We’ve seen it go viral all over Facebook. It was designed by Mohamed Gaber, who goes by the handle @Gue3bara on Twitter, in collaboration with Carlos Lattuf. Gaber is a long time revolutionary organizer from Egypt, who was part of many protests, as well as the recent uprising of Tahrir Square [...]
This seminar is a short introduction to the art of public speaking. It discusses the basics of public speaking and provides attendees with some practical tools to effective public speaking. The seminar will address presentation preparation, organization, and delivery. The audience will leave with 10 points to help them improve their presentation and public speaking [...]
To strengthen the activist community in Lebanon, the organization of the Israeli Apartheid Week offers a debating workshop for activists/ activists to be by Dutch Debating Champion Ali al-Jaberi. Much of what you do as an activist is about trying to get a logical message across persuasively. It is therefore important to be a good [...]
International Women’s Day is coming up real soon and we need to prepare for this so join us for our first brainstorming meeting this Wednesday at 7 PM at the Nouse. 2011 will commemorate a century after the first IWD started so we need to make enough noise, actions and events to raise awareness about [...]
Nasawiya is excited to start forming its capacity building program. So please write us about any skills and knowledge of any sort that you would like to share with others. Also propose classes and workshops you need and would like to see happening soon so we mix and match both. Crazy and creative propositions are [...]
Nasawiya News | January 10, 2011 Our Community Nasawiya Sawt Al Niswa Got an event you want to host at Nasawiya? We welcome all suggestions for discussions, workshops, and film screenings. Email farah@nasawiya.org Migrant Rights Activist, Aimée, Gives a Talk About Her Work Wednesday, January 12 at 7pm | Nasawiya House Aimée is a migrant [...]
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