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Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs cordially invites you to a presentation:  "Arab States and UN Human Rights Mechanisms" by Fateh Azzam Director of Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and Senior Public Policy Fellow at IFI Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm  Issam Fares Institute (Green Oval), Auditorium – AUB   The presentation will offer an analysis of Arab engagement with UN human rights mechanisms from 2005-2012. It summarizes issues raised by states and NGOs, and assesses the recommendations of the human rights treaty bodies, and...

ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) cordially invites you to the closing ceremony of the Lebanese-Palestinian soccer Tournament for Solidarity. The ceremony will take place in Bebnine Municipality Hall (Akkar district) on Sunday April 13 at 5 p.m. Trophies will be awarded to the winning teams. Speakers at the event include the mayor of Bebnine, the representative of popular committee of Nahr El Bared, and ANERA Lebanon Country Director. The three-week-long tournament brought together 32 sport clubs in an effort to empower youth and promote social cohesion in North Lebanon. Teams...

World Vision in Lebanon and ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality cordially invite you to participate in the launching ceremony of the leading study entitled: “Varying Perceptions, One Outcome: Field study monitoring the attitudes and perceptions of women and men towards women’s rights in Lebanon” Place: Riviera Hotel, Ain Mreisseh, Beirut Date: Wednesday April 2, 2014 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Agenda of the event: Welcoming speech by Ms. Anita Delhaas-Van Dijk, National Director World Vision International Welcoming speech by Ms. Ghida Anani, ABAAD Founder & Director Presentation of the...

Hunger can be eliminated in our lifetimes. CCECS in collaboration with the Lebanese Food Bank invites you to an introductory session to know more about the "Not to waste food" program. Date: Wednesday April 2, 2014Time: 12:00 - 1:00pmLocation: Auditorium B, West Hall The Lebanese Food Bank is a non-profit organization established by a group of Lebanese businessmen to eliminate hunger in all Lebanon by establishing partnerships and cooperation with all those who are concerned. If you are interested to attend, send your details (name, major and contact number) to ccecs@aub.edu.lb.For more info...

تطلق لجنة شجر وبشر - جمعية أرض الطفولة حملة مدافعة من أجل زيادة وتفعيل الأماكن العامة في مدينة صيدا. تتشرف اللجنة بدعوتكم لحضور حفل إطلاق حملة "ع السكة" ضمن مشروع "ممّر (2013 / 2014) وذلك في تمام الساعة الثالثة من بعد ظهر يوم الجمعة في 28 آذار 2014 في قاعة جمعيّة نبراس / طريق الميّة وميّة. البرنامج: كلمة لجنة شجر وبشر عرض لأهداف وخطط حملة المدافعة فيلم قصير “ع السكة” مداخلات للإستشاريين والإختصاصين والجمعيات الشريكة والمجموعات التي خضعت لتدريبات متنوعة لها علاقة بالمدافعة وتقنيات التواصل الإجتماعي وأنشطة الشارع وآليات التمويل وجمع التبرعات نقاش حفل كوكتيل انضموا الينا للمطالبة بزيادة وتفعيل...

The Lebanese Economic Association invites you to the closing event of its project:  “Know, React, Engage" A Public Discussion on Socio-Economic Rights in Lebanon”   Tuesday, March 25, 2014 between 5:30 and 8:00 pm Metro Al Madina- Hamra Agenda: 5:30- 5:40 Welcoming Address 5:40- 6:00 Screening of Project Videos (project trailer) 6:00- 8:00 Discussion on Socio-Economic Rights in Lebanon   Speakers: Youth Unemployment and Cost of Living: - Dr. Sami Atallah, Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies Education and Working Women: - Ms. Sawsan Masri, Project Coordinator, International...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs invites you to: Protecting Syrian Refugees: Laws, Policies and Global Responsibility-Sharing The International Human Rights Clinical Program at the Boston University School of Law is completing a two-year research project focusing on the legal issues and problems that are creating barriers to relief and protection for refugees fleeing Syria. This project focuses on the international and regional legal instruments that govern the rights of and obligations towards this refugee flow in the most-affected states: Lebanon, Jordan...

The Anis Makdisi Program in Literature cordially invites you to a lecture by Malek Sharif The State and the CityUncovering the early history of the municipality of Beirut AUB, Bldg. 37 (behind the Lee Observatory), Thursday March 13, 2014 (5:00pm) The standard literature on the Ottoman Tanzimat period largely ignores or barely touches on the provincial urban institutions. They ignore the formative years of the municipalities in the provinces and the laws by which they were constituted. Consequently they date the foundation of municipalities at a later period of time. They also tend to...

Three active campaigns organizing around sexuality in India have gained international attention. First, the long-term campaigns against honor killing in rural North India have finally reached the Indian national stage. Second, the spontaneous and to many surprising upsurge of young women's and men's protest against the Delhi gang rape of a woman on December 16, 2012 continues to galvanize protests and legal changes. Third, the immediate reaction to the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate section 377 of the Indian penal code, a British-era law that makes gay sex illegal, that was overturned...

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, and the Center for American Studies and Research   Cordially invite you to a lecture and book launch 'Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women's Association and Globalization Politics' byDr. Elisabeth Armstrong Thursday, March 6th, 2014 | 1:00 - 3:30 pm Building 37 CASAR (Behind the Old Observatory) - AUB In 1991, structural adjustments began in earnest in India. The nation’s leaders reduced social spending and dismantled protections and supports for...

NAHNOO celebrates its 5th anniversary on 22 Feb 2014 at 3 pm at MONNOT Theater. During the Event, NAHNOO will launch its three new youth-lead campaigns for Public spaces in Beirut, Baalbeck and Tyre: 1- Ramlet-Albayda Campaign 2- Tyre garden Campaign 3- Baalbeck temple campaign The program: - NAHNOO speech - Presentation and updates will be given by each of the campaign team followed by a discussion - Speech given by the communication groups who were trained by NAHNOO talking about their experience through the training - Distribute the participants certificate - Cocktail and NAHNOO cake...

الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت قسم العلوم الاجتماعية ومركز الدراسات اللبنانية يسره دعوتكم لحضور بنى الحراك المدني في سوريا قبل وخلال الانتفاضة Civil society in Syria before and during the uprising   سيكون النقاش باللغة العربية مع  حسان عباس Discussion initiated in Arabic by Hassan Abbas باحث واستاذ في المعهد الفرنسي للشرق الأدنى / Researcher and Professor in IFPO    و محمد العطار Mohamed Attar كاتب ومسرحي / Writer and Drama practitioner   [facebook event]

ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality and its partners in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Nation-wide Campaign cordially invite you to the closing event of the campaign entitled“Alla Ysa’eda, Ma Betsa’eda”(which reads: Saying “May God help Her, Does not Help Her”) Metropolis Sofil Cinema, Tabaris – BeirutThursday, December 19th, 2013 from 17:00 till 19:00 RSVP: 01/28 38 20 - 70/28 38 20 From 5 till 6 Welcoming speech by the representative of UNICEF Lebanon, Mrs. Annamaria Laurini followed by animation screening of:“As We Grow Up...” A short animation produced by ABAAD and...

IFI lecture: "Domestic Violence in Lebanon" Moderator: Dina Kiwan Panelists:  Charbel Nahas -  Jaqueline Hajjar - Rihab - Lydia Farah    Women around the world suffer from domestic violence, including marital rape and assault, and given the highly sensitive nature of this issue, its scale is difficult to ascertain. In December 1999 the United Nations designated November 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in order to raise awareness of the problem, which is why the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs is holding a panel...

MCC has moved from Nabaa to Gemmayzeh. Join us to celebrate and learn more about MCC! There will be great music, food, and friends! THIS SUNDAY, November 3, From 3pm to 5:30pm See you there! (free entrance) ** MCC is a community center where migrant workers meet to organize, discuss issues and hold meetings to prepare events. People who gather at the MCC are free to communicate and to work on cases that involve abuses that have been inflicted on domestic workers, such as, physical abuse and non-payment of wages, racism and discrimination and more. MCC focuses on support for migrant workers...

Launching of the booklet entitled“Some facts on Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon 2012-2013”Within the project of Insan Association “Access to Justice for migrant domestic workers and their children in Lebanon”, implemented in partnership and with the support of Open Society Foundation And in Collaboration with La Sagesse UniversityInsan Association would like to invite you to the launching of the booklet entitled “Some facts on Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon 2012-2013”On Wednesday, the 23rd of October 2013, from 11:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. at the Law Faculty of La Sagesse University, Beirut...

The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality, in partnership with ABAAD, cordially invite you to the launch of the “Gender and Sexuality Resource Center”. Place: Hotel Riviera, RaouchehOn Monday, October 7, 2013 at 11 a.m The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) aims at aggregating resources and research produced in the MENA region on gender and sexuality, especially in Arabic language, and make them available to all through an online database. RSVP: 01-566469 or nour@afemena.org

The SMART Center and Women In Front joint project entitled: “Media Supporting Women Leaders” will hold a networking event that will bring together public media figures, women leaders and potential women candidates and trained journalists. This event aims to build good relations between women and the media and increase their media visibility again. Moreover, this event will be the closure of the program, where all the trained journalists will be certified for their accomplishment of the workshops and their work with the women leaders This event will be under the patronage of the Minister of...

برنامج التنشئة على: الأديان والشأن العام في لبنان يقدّم قسم الدراسات في التلاقي الثقافي في مؤسّسة أديان، برنامجاً أكاديميًّا من عشرة أشهر باللغة العربية بعنوان "الأديان والشأن العام في لبنان"، وذلك مع كبار المتخصّصين، بهدف تعزيز فهم المسائل الدينيّة والعلاقات بين الأديان وموقعها في المجال العام وبخاصةٍ في الإطار اللبناني.    من يستطيع أن يتسجّل؟ هذا البرنامج موجّه إلى طلّاب الجامعات والمهنيّين من مختلف الأعمار والاختصاصات.   لماذا هو قيمة مضافة؟ يكتسب المتابع لهذا البرنامج المقوّمات الضروريّة للوعي والحضور الفعّال والإيجابيّ ضمن مجتمع مختلط ومتنوّع دينيًّا، فتكون قيمة مضافة له في حياته...

“Because gender is ’done‘ or constructed, it can also be ’undone‘ or deconstructed” - Francine M. Deutsch Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs Mr. Wael Abou FaourABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality & in partnership with Save the Children International cordially invite you to the launching ceremony of the “Playing for Gender Equality” training Kit* Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. till 12:00 pmVenue: Holiday Inn – Dunes Hotel, Verdun, Beirut Ceremony Program: Welcome speech by ABAAD’s Director – Ms. Ghida Anani Welcome speech by Save...