In preparation for the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8), we are hitting the streets on Saturday, March 5, 2011 and Sunday, March 6, 2011 to talk to women about the challenges they face in Lebanon and what changes they would like to see. We’re calling our action: Hello Women, that’s #HelloWomen for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Now Lebanon’s Haeon Lee joined Nasawiya’s International Women’s Day march on Monday night, and blogged about the experience on the news outlet’s website. Read her post entitled “We take back the night… for ALL our rights!” here.
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 [...]
Press coverage of our International Women’s Day activities – March 7 and 8, 2009: – March 12 Al-Hayat:النسوية لمناصرة اللبنانية في الميدان – March 11 Daily Star: Sit-ins look to highlight gender discrimination – March 8 Al-Safir: المجموعة النسوية تسأل و إمرأة تجاوب – March 7 Al Mustaqbal: النسوية تخترق شوارع بيروت في يوم المرأة: [...]
70-something feminists gathered on the Corniche Ain El Mreisseh to celebrate International Women’s Day and protest the situation of women in Lebanon today. Based on all the feedback received yesterday and earlier today from over 2,400 women, feminists made banners that answered the question: What do women in Lebanon think about women’s rights in Lebanon? [...]
Our feminists took to the streets to survey people on the situation of women in Lebanon. Here are some photos of them in action, taken by Chantal and Kristen. هذه الصفحة غير متوفرة باللغة العربية
A group of feminists at the Feminist Collective have launched the long-awaited “Sawt Al Niswa” (The Women’s Voice), a do-it-yourself zine in Arabic that features opinions and stories from today’s feminists. The first issue is now on sale for LBP 1,000 ($0.66) and has been going with us around the streets on Women’s Day. We’ll [...]
Rebecca is blogging live from the Feminist Headquarters to update you on people’s reactions to our project this Women’s Day. Stay tuned for the latest as it comes in on the link below: http://feminist-collective.blogspot.com هذه الصفحة غير متوفرة باللغة العربية
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