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The Ministry of Labor has worked covertly, in coordination with owners of recruitment agencies, on a draft Standard Unified Contract and has excluded from the discussions the domestic workers and the NGOs who have a long experience in this context. After reviewing the latest draft, we consider the contract to be an absolute scandal that audaciously violates basic human rights in favor of the vested interests of a handful of “traders” embodied by the recruitment agencies in Lebanon.

The World Bank Group has partnered with Berytech and the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) to provide capacity building in times of crisis for women who want to grow their businesses and enhance their business model, marketing, financing, and networking opportunities, as well as learn how to be resilient in the face of crisis.

"دليل مدني يجول لبنان" هي سلسلة من اللقاءات تهدف إلى تقليص المسافة بين دليل مدني ومستخدميه، كما أنها تسعى إلى إتاحة التواصل مع الجهات الفاعلة في المجتمع المدني من ناحية، والمستخدمين الأفراد من ناحية أخرى. بالإضافة، تهدف هذه اللقاءات إلى تعريف مستخدمي دليل مدني على تحديثات الموقع وعرض كيفية استخدام المنصة والاستفادة منها بشكل كامل. في سياق تقلص الفضاء المدني المحلي والخطر المتزايد عليه، يجد مركز دعم لبنان ضرورة في العودة  إلى المبادئ الأساسية وتعزيز شبكات التعاون بين مختلف فاعلي المجتمع المدني وتعزيز المجتمع المدني وأثره.

“Daleel Madani Goes On Tour” is a series of meetups that will take place across the Lebanese territory throughout 2019, and which aims at bridging the gap between Daleel Madani and its users, and connecting with civil society actors on the one hand, and individual users of the network on the other. In addition, these open events aim to introduce the users of Daleel Madani to its latest updates and features, and how to use and benefit from the platform to its full capacity.

"Daleel Madani Goes on Tour"

Lebanon Support launches a new meet-up series for Daleel Madani across different regions in Lebanon, first stop: Tyre, 27 February 2019.

In an effort to increase engagement with civil society actors and individuals across the country, Lebanon Support’s Daleel Madani team is hosting its first meetup event, in Tyre on the 27th of February, part of the “Daleel Madani Goes On Tour” initiative.

“Daleel Madani Goes On Tour” is a series of meetups that will take place across the Lebanese territory throughout 2019, and which aims at bridging the gap between Daleel Madani and...

On the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, ABAAD, The National Commission for Lebanese Women, & UN Women, launched the “LifeForLife” campaign. This campaign aims to amend Chapter Seven of the Lebanese Penal Code into a law that maximizes prison sentences to perpetrators of incest rape. More specifically, the call is to amend the law that condemns any offender found guilty of sexual assault of a daughter, sister, granddaughter, nieces or any person of whom he has physical or legal custody with a life sentence in prison.

 

Incest rape is one of the most...