This policy brief was developed based on an in-depth report titled “Women’s Political Participation: Exclusion and Reproduction of Social Roles. Case Studies from Lebanon;” in addition to discussions and insights gathered during a consultation workshop held on 8 November 2018, and which marked the participation of women who had taken part of the research, as well as activists, representatives of civil society organisations, and academics.
في إطار النظام السياسي اللبناني الذي يقوم على المحاصصة الطائفية والعائلية السياسية والزبائنية المتمثلة في نظام الزعامة، والذي يعزز من الأبوية القائمة على القرابية، تسعى هذه الدراسة إلى فهم وتحليل مشاركة النساء في مواقع قيادية وقاعدية في أربعة كيانات في لبنان تتضمن حزب سياسي، نقابة، منظمة مجتمع مدني وحركة اجتماعية. تفحص الدراسة الهياكل والبنى المؤسسية لتلك الكيانات ومواقفها من قضايا النساء، والديناميات التي تعتمدها للتفاعل مع محيطها، وذلك من خلال تحليل وثائقها الرسمية، خطابها العام، ممارساتها، وأخيراً تجارب النساء المنتميات لها وما عايشنه من تحديات ضمن هذا الإطار.
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MOSAIC had the pleasure and privilege to speak with activist Gopi Shankar Madurai moments after the Supreme Court in India decriminalized Section 377 of the Penal Code.
Lebanon may witness a remarkable rise in the number of women serving in Parliament come May 2018 due to initiatives from women’s groups, “civil society” activists, and the substantial number of female candidates – 113 at the start of the election period. However, as this briefing paper shows, Lebanese women continue to face numerous challenges in entering government. The new electoral law passed in June 2017 does not provide women with equal opportunity to be elected, and it is yet to be seen whether it will increase female representation in Parliament. Nevertheless, the historic number of...
This issue of Tatimma focuses on the question of civil rights and liberties in Lebanon. Whilst it is usually considered that civil freedoms in Lebanon are light-years ahead of other Arab countries. Yet this state of liberties appears to be more a facade for a discriminatory system which limits the liberties of Lebanese citizens, specifically Lebanese women, refugees, foreign workers to name a few.
It is the mothers’ memory during times of war, the wound that will never heal, a memory that is completely unique, just like their pain… a deep memory; as deep as their pride, it is obviously reflected in the wrinkles of their faces and the natures of their voices.
This memory will be the core of the project; which is an artistic book containing a short introduction and 30-35 artistic black and white portraits, for Syrian women (mothers necessarily), combined with short stories from their real-life during the last four years. Women do not have to be in Syria today, but they must all express...
Summary Booklet | June 2012
Arab Uprisings Symposium Summary Critically Assessing the Changing Landscape of Power and Players IFI by Maureen Ali
This symposium is part of the AUB-wide Arab Uprisings Research Initiative, which
was launched and is supported by the Office of the Provost and managed by the
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. AUB has invited over
twenty scholars from the Arab world and abroad to this Symposium to discuss critical
themes that have emerged to date, and to help shape our future research agenda. The
symposium will highlight shifting power...
