Tag: "Lebanon"

New Lebanese Government Cabinet Formed with No Women

New Lebanese Government Cabinet Formed with No Women

June 13, 2011 | Comments (4)

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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Layal and Zainab talk to women in Chiyah

#HelloWomen: We Wanna Talk to You

March 4, 2011 | Comments (3)

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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International Women’s Day in Lebanon

International Women’s Day in Lebanon

February 25, 2011 | Comments (7)

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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The Law and You: Women and Men in the Lebanese Legal System

December 18, 2010 | Comments (0)

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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Global Feminists Meet in Beirut

Global Feminists Meet in Beirut

November 16, 2010 | Comments (0)

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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Nasawiya Hosts A Talk With Sabah Mawloud

Nasawiya Hosts A Talk With Sabah Mawloud

September 17, 2010 | Comments (0)

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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Video: Achievements in Women’s Rights – Past and Future

July 12, 2010 | Comments (0)

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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Women’s Rights in Lebanon: Achievements So Far, What Remains To Be Done

July 12, 2010 | Comments (0)

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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Traveling Lebanon with our “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” feminist training

Traveling Lebanon with our “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” feminist training

July 4, 2010 | Comments (0)

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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Traveling Lebanon with our “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” feminist training

Traveling Lebanon with our “Ghayreh 3adtik Bitzeed S3adtik” feminist training

May 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

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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