Premier Najib Mikati has announced the formation of a new cabinet (after months of deliberation) of 30 ministers. Check list in Arabic and English. The new cabinet has no women ministers. That’s zero, nil, nothing. The previous cabinet had two women ministers. This one has none. Needless to say the women’s movement rejects this total [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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CRTD-A and Nasawiya are delighted to invite all gender advocates in Lebanon to an evening with inspiring young feminist activists from around the world. The evening features: Amina Doherty – Antigua (Sigrid Rausing Trust) Elizabeth Hoody – USA (Global Fund for Women) Fatma Emam – Egypt (Nazra for Feminist Studies) Mariam Gagoshashvilli – Georgia (Georgia [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Our member Joelle Hatem has produced a video showcasing achievements in women’s rights in Lebanon and examples of what remains to be done. The video was produced 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 [...]
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We are taking our training program “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” – Feminist Tools for Change to the road. If you’d like us to bring this training program on gender justice and feminism for social change to your schools, universities, groups, community centers or organizations, call 70 066 880 or write to farah[at]nasawiya.org to book your [...]
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We are taking our training program “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” – Feminist Tools for Change to the road. After sessions in International College (IC), Saint Joseph University (USJ) – Engineering Faculty (ESIB), Union of Municipalities of Tyre, American University of Beirut (AUB) – Faculty of Health Sciences and scouts group in Harissa, we’re talking to [...]
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