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 [...]
Our lovely www.sawtalniswa.com will be making her first public appearance in Pecha Kucha Night 9th edition! Sara Abou Ghazal will be presenting Sawt on Wednesday 3rd of November at 8:00 pm in the Pecha Kucha Night at the Youth Cultural Center in Zouk Mikael! The program includes: 1- Save Beirut Heritage – Balsam Madi 2- Karma [...]
Sunday 12th of september, Jagual EL USEK,Salwa, and many other typical Lebanese characters will be present at Nasawiya! Michelle Keserwany (and her famous guitar), along with her sister Noel will be performing a bunch of new cool smart feminist songs at our very own Nasawiya space! So come dance,drink,have fun, and contribute to our Salwa’s [...]
This Monday, a group of Nasawiyas organized a fund raising dinner in Walimit Warda to gather money for a Sudanese girl living in Lebanon and being treated from cancer. This event follows a series of fund raising and solidarity events planned in Washington and Khartoum after the initial fundraiser 2 months ago in Lebanon. Back [...]
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 [...]
Nasawiya is keen on sponsoring female students to take part in ArabNet 2010, the first international conference for the Arab web industry, bringing together leaders from across the MENA, Europe and Silicon Valley to discuss cutting-edge trends and emerging opportunities. The conference will take place on March 25-26, 2010 at Habtoor, Grand Hotel, Lebanon. If [...]
On this year’s International Women’s Day, over 100 people answered Nasawiya’s call to take to the streets to take back the night. For roughly two hours, feminists made their way from Mar Mikhael, Gemayze to Ain el Mraiseh, marching past bedazzled onlookers, curious drivers who ground to a halt, and wary police cars and officers [...]
On this year’s International Women’s Day, we decided once again to take our actions to the streets to interact with people and raise awareness about women’s issues. After weeks of rehearsals, two groups performed over the weekend of March 6-7, 2010 “Invisible Theater” actions in several locations around Beirut. The scenes performed were about sexual [...]
Busying itself like a bee, Nasawiya is holding a series of events and workshops this week. Wednesday, February 17, 2010 – Book Club – 7:00 PM – T-Marbouta Nasawiya is kicking off its Book Club (Kira’at Nasawiya) with a discussion on women and quota in light of the newly adopted 20% quota for women in [...]
Nasawiya is kicking off its Gender and IT program with a workshop on how to build websites using WordPress. WordPress is a leading open source publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a user-friendly workflow, a rich plugin architecture, and an advanced templating system. Using WordPress, you can build a [...]
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