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. [...]
Here is a recap of our events & meetings this week: *Wednesday* – Tomorrow* at 7pm*, we are hosting *Iqbal Doughan* to talk about the labor law and working women in Lebanon. This got postponed from last week but it’s on for tomorrow for sure. – Tomorrow, we will be spending all day from 9am [...]
Nasawiya News | January 3, 2011 (Happy New Year!) 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 Film Screening: Love for Share Thursday, January 6 at 7pm | Nasawiya House In the Indonesian drama “Love for [...]
This Wednesday, December 22 at 7pm, we are happy to host a talk with Maya Mikdashi, PhD candidate at Columbia University’s Department of Anthropology. The presentation, based on her recently published article, will highlight the laws that apply to and are practiced by Lebanese male and female citizens. A selection of both civil and personal [...]
Please join us on Friday, November 26 at 7 pm for a discussion with Dr. Lila Abu Lughod, a professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Columbia University and author of Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society, Writing Women’s Worlds: Bedouin Stories, and Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt. [...]
Every Friday at 7pm is a discussion night at Nasawiya. Mark it down in your calendars and join us for a different topic every week – from current events to personal stories. Stay tuned to our Facebook page for this week’s event topic. This week, Lynn Darwich, Nasawiya member, will be hosting a discussion on [...]
This Friday, Nasawiya will be hosting a very interesting discussion with Happy/L.A. Hyder, entitled “Being Artist. Being Aware. Being Arab American”! Happy/L.A. Hyder, visual artist & writer, American born of Lebanese ancestry, activist in the arts with attention to civil and social justice issues. “Being Artist. Being Aware. Being Arab American.” was first presented at [...]
تتشرف “المجموعة النسوية” بدعوتكن/م الى لقاء ممتع جدا مع السيدة “صباح مولود” يوم الجمعة في 24 أيلول 2010 في تمام الساعة السادسة مساء في منزل “نسوية” – الأشرفية. “صباح مولود” هي من مؤسسات “جمعية العمل النسوي” التي يبدو أنها أول جمعية حملت الصفة النسوية في لبنان، ومديرة “مدرسة التدريب المهني” التابعة للجمعية، عضو في “المجلس [...]
This Wednesday, August the 19th at 630 PM, Nasawiya hosted a talk in its new office in Ashrafieh, by the social worker Abeer Mezher.
Abeer’s talk centered around the mechanisms to protect women from partner violence. She stressed on the difference between using the terms domestic, family and conjugal violence.
Abeer’s power point presentation included discussion on preventive measures for violence, intervention methods, awareness versus laws, compensations, and more.
Abeer focused on the need to create a violence free space through:
- Awareness about violence and its different forms.
- Classification of violence as a crime, and not as a personal issue that ought to be addressed differently, as it is in lebanon and a big section of the Arab world,
- Training doctors and police men in a way to help them realize the dangers of violence to be able to report it properly.
Abeer also talked about the process in which conjugal violence is being applied:
- Taking the violent partner to jail.
- Taking the woman directly to a safe space, and the kids, in case there were any.
- How the laws are applied.
Abeer then moved on to discuss the secret centers where women are taken in, away from the violent partner until there is a trial, or finding solution for the situation,
stressing on the feminist approach of having these centers, by empowering woman to fight and protec
This Wednesday, August 18 at 6:30 pm, Nasawiya will be hosting a presentation by Abeer Mezher at the new Nasawiya house, about the amazing work she’s been doing for years. Abeer Mezher is a social worker and member of the Union of Quebec Social Workers – Canada. She holds a Masters degree in Political Sciences and a Bachelor degree in Social Service. She [...]
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