This Thursday, we are screening a very inspiring Iranian film called “The Day I Became A Women“. The film is comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. The first part centers on a young girl on her ninth birthday, the second is about a young woman who [...]
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 [...]
On Tuesday September 7th Nasawiya introduced their training module “Ghayri 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” at a Conference held in Masrah al Madinah-Beirut. The conference began with a presentation of Nasawiya, a collective that started this year and works on the interrelated issues that affect women from a feminist perspective, as opposed to a women’s rights perspective. [...]
نظمت النسوية يوم الثلاثاء في السابع من الشهر الجاري مؤتمر “غيري عادتِك بتزيد سعادتِك/ أدوات نسوية للتغيير” في مسرح المدينة في شارع الحمرا – بيروت. وافتتح المؤتمر بعرض تعريفي عن المجموعة النسوية التي انطلقت مطلع السنة الحالية، وتعمل على مجموعة قضايا تتعلق بوضع المرأة من وجهة نظر نسوية مختلفة عن الخطاب التقليدي لحقوق المرأة. وتبع [...]
On Friday, August 20, 2010, an overjoyed crowd of feminists gathered at Nasawiya’s new space in Beirut to celebrate its much-anticipated inauguration. During the evening, while many raised their glasses to bridge past initiatives with those to come, others played baby-foot, or indulged in tarot reading sessions. Nevertheless, the highlight of the evening was SoliRose’s intense [...]
كان يا ما كان نهار الأربعاء الماضي الواقع في 19 آب/أغسطس، استضافت “المجموعة النسوية” في بيتها الجديد الواقع في منطقة الأشرفية – شارع الشحروري، العاملة الاجتماعية “عبير مزهر”* للحديث عن “آليات حماية المرأة من العنف الزوجي”. بدأت الندوة عند الساعة السادسة والنصف بحضور عدد من النسويات والنسويين، وتناول عرض الباوربوينت الذي أعدته “عبير” المحاور [...]
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 [...]
We’ve been touring Lebanon with our training programs “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik – Feminist Tools for Change.” Here is a selection of the pictures from our work on the road. Read more to see the complete gallery. We’ve been touring Lebanon with our training programs “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik – Feminist Tools for Change.” Here [...]
Nasawiya member Joelle Hatem produced this video for our training program “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik – Feminist Tools for Change” which aims at empowering women with the knowledge, tools and resources to bring about change from a feminist perspective. The video showcases achievements in women’s rights in Lebanon and examples of what remains to be done. The [...]
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