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Balsam is organizing a fundraising gala dinner in a magical, beautiful and entertaining night at La Magnanerie; to sustain its activities and support for the seriously ill patients and their families in Lebanon. For information about tickets; kindly contact: 01-748574 or inbox us on FB or email info@balsam-lb.org

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: “Let’s talk about sex”: Rethinking sexual rights and reproductive health programmes in Lebanon Presentation by Lebanon Support’s consultant, Dalya Mitri. With discussants:Caroline SukkarVice-President of the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering, Researcher in Feminist studies. Rola YasmineCoordinator of the A project, Researcher on reproductive and sexual health, and a registered nurse. Sexual and reproductive rights are a subset of human rights. Reproductive rights could be whether and when to have children, access to...

برعاية معالي وزير الشؤون الإجتماعية الأستاذ رشيد درباس، ضمن إطار برنامج "موزاييك" الممول من السفارة الإيطالية في بيروت، تتشرف وزارة الشؤون الإجتماعية بالشراكة مع جمعية دار الطفل اللبناني ومنظمة أبعاد بدعوتكم/ن إلى: حفل إطلاق وثيقة سياسة حماية الطفل الموحدة الخاصة بالمؤسسات والجمعيات الأهلية العاملة مع الأطفال في لبنان مشاركتكم/ن تسرنا للمزيد من المعلومات، اضغظ/ي هنا   For the information in English, please click here

Under the Patronage of His Excellency Me. George Jreij – President of the Beirut Bar Association   The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) with the support of Open Society Foundation Cordially invites you to a roundtable entitled:   “Legal Aid in Lebanon in 2015: Facts and Challenges”   During this roundtable, the work of CLDH in the field of legal assistance will be presented and discussed, and debates will take place on the challenges of the Legal Aid system in Lebanon. The finalized program will be provided to participants confirming their attendance.   Places are limited. Kindly...

Nabras Foundation organized a graduation event for the IT Students that have been graduated in the previous courses.

On Friday May 22 an event will take place at Crowne Plaza Hotel, in collaboration with the Inclusion Network, to launch the publication “Inclusive School Model. Guide for Inclusive School System”. It is the final event of an Italian funded project aimed at promoting inclusion of children with special needs in Lebanese primary schools, implemented by the Italian NGO Gruppo di Volontariato Civile (GVC) and the Lebanese one Youth Association of the Blind (YAB). The project has been co-funded by the Italian MFA.

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Relief: neutral form of aid or political-communal mobilisation? The politics of aid  during the July war and the humanitarian principle of neutrality. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants:HebaHage-Felder,Head of Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Raed Ataya, Programme Coordinator, Nabaa. This case study will address the issue of neutrality of aid, a global principle of humanitarian assistance, versus political and local-communal engagements emerging during war...

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Rethinking labour rights interventions for women in Lebanon. Presentation by Lebanon Support’s consultant, Dalya Mitri. With discussants: Manar Zaayter, Lawyer and activist at the Lebanese Democratic Women Gathering (LDWG)Tina Holtgaard Oulie, Associate Expert, Gender Equality and Decent Work, International Labor Organization (ILO) Women workers in Lebanon are discriminated against in term of employment opportunities, equality in wages, benefits, and sick and maternity leave. Furthermore, the majority of working women are...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Local expertise and global packages of aid: the transformative role of volunteerism and local expert knowledge of aid during Lebanon's July war. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants: Kamel Mohanna, President of Amel organisation Fayrouz Salameh, Executive director of Mouvement Social This case study will discuss the relationship between volunteerism, political/intersubjective transformation and the emergence of  local expert knowledge during war and emergency. Drawing from different...

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Donor policies and local actors: complementarity or dependency? Women’s organisations in Lebanon and their relationships with international donors. Presentation by Lebanon Support’s consultant, Dalya Mitri. With discussants:Sara Abou Ghazalis a Palestinian-Lebanese writer who mostly works on feminist knowledge production. She is part of the collective Sawt Al Niswa. Stine Hornis the Deputy Head of Mission, Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon. Charbel Maydaais the director of Mosaic organisation. Women organisations are generally...

Lebanon Support Cordially invites you to a round table discussion on: Local actors versus global humanitarian interventions: the case of Samidoun during the July war on Lebanon. A to-be-published case study prepared by Lebanon Support, with discussants: Dr Karam Karam is a political scientist. He holds a PhD from l'Institut d’Études politiques d’Aix-en-Provence, France. He has written several books and papers on civil society and political parties in Lebanon. He served as the head of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies for several years and is currently the Head of Research at the Common...

A round table with Anna Fernando, Nadim Houry, Nisreen Kaj, Andrea Salvini, Reina Sarkis Identity is always a question of representation, invention, framing or de-framing the familiar and the foreign, this inside of a time frame also.Stuart Hall pressed the fact that what is held as strictly British – the tea drinking ritual – is in fact only made possible through the other, geographically, economically and socially, since the tea plantation has only existed elsewhere in India, Ceylon or China. Hall himself was coming from Jamaica. To him, the British identity could only be constructed, or say...

The AMIDEAST Entrepreneur Institute’s next “Start Your Own Business” workshop will start on Wednesday, April 1. Details: 15 weekly in-class sessions of 3 hours each, complemented by an online platform and materials, participant workbook, video resources, and exercises. Sessions will be held every Wednesday night from 6 – 9 pm April 1 – July 8. The workshop is facilitated by a successful local business owner whose expertise is business and financial planning. Local successful entrepreneurs and subject matter experts who want to help you succeed will be available to answer questions and...

Too many reasons to celebrate! Lebanon Support would like to invite you to a celebration of its almost ten years of existence and work. Since it was founded in 2006, Lebanon Support has launched two online platforms – Daleel Madani, the civil society portal which has over 1,300 organisations registered and on the directory; and CSKC, the Civil Society Knowledge Centre (launched in 2013) which is an online space for original tools, research, and analysis addressing civil society issues in Lebanon. Lebanon Support’s latest endeavour is the Civil Society Review, a yearly peer-reviewed publication...

Under the patronage of the Beirut Bar Association, Justice Without Frontiers will launch  "Women's Access To Justice- Phase 2" program that will be implemented in Lebanon in partnership with Oxfam GB and  funded by the ministry of foreign affairs of Finland. The launching event will take place at Maison de L'AVOCAT- Beirut, 1st floor on 26th of March 2015 at 11 am. This program aims to provide equal and equitable access to formal and informal justice for poor and vulnerables women through interventions at the personal, comunity, systemic and regional level.

“I never imagined the amount of information that would come out of a small drawing on paper. It was amazing how much did come out of that.. I was given insight that I wasn’t aware of, which gave me a sense of empowerment, and then I was able to make the decision that I wanted to from that.” - Patricia, Breast Cancer Patient (Source) ARE YOU A BREAST CANCER PATIENTS OR SURVIVOR? Give yourself a chance to RELAX, REFLECT and RECONNECT with yourself (and others) through art. Artichoke Studio and One Wig Stand invite you to take part in a unique art therapy workshop to delve deeper into matters of...

We are looking forward to see you all to give tribute to a woman who fought for Women’s Rights for more than 60 years. Throughout her career, Linda Matar has taken the issue of women’s rights upon herself and lobbied for amending laws that discriminate against women. [facebook event]

برعاية معالي وزير الشؤون الإجتماعية الأستاذ رشيد درباس المحترمتتشرّف مؤسسة أبعاد – مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين وبالشراكة مع "جمعية إنقاذ الطفل"بدعوتكم/كن لحضور حفل إطلاق دليل تدريبي بعنوان"برنامج الأبوّة الإيجابية" "Program P" الزمان: يوم الأربعاء الموافق في 25 شباط 2015 من الساعة 10 صباحاً وحتى 12:00 ظهراًالمكان: فندق مونرو – وسط بيروت يهدف حفل الإطلاق إلى تعريف الحاضرين/ات بدليل "الأبوّة الإيجابية" "Program P" الذي يوفّر إستراتيجيات ملموسة وخطوات عمليّة لإشراك الرجال في أدوار الأبوّة بصورةٍ إيجابية لاعنفية وفعّالة، منذ مرحلة الحمل وحتى مرحلة الطفولة المبكرة. كما ويحدّد الدليل...