Research and Policy Memo #3 | February 2009
Multi-Faceted Mitigation Can Reduce Risk of Complete Collapse of Arab World’s Water, Food, and Land SystemsGeorge J. Nasr
Shifts in trade and transport patterns due to global warming may cut off Arab countries from food and water, affecting them more than developed countries. This is only one of many urgent implications of climate change on food, water, and land in the Arab world - as outlined by George Nasr during a lecture at the American University of Beirut.
“Cross-border mobilization and immediate investment in research and development would...
هذا الكتيّب، من إعداد جمعية حلم نشر عام 2009، يعرض حقائق ووقائع لها علاقة بالهوية والميول الجنسية، وإنتهاكات حقوق الإنسان التي قد تستهدف أشخاص بسبب ميولهم أم هويتهم الجنسية.
The starting point for the present Report is that, since the publication of the first volume in the series, the region’s human development fault lines have grown more complex, and in some cases deepened.
IFI Research and Policy Memo #2 | January 2009
Governments Should Practice 'Water Demand Management' to Rescue Region's Water ResourcesHamed Assaf
Surging populations and increasing living standards in the Middle East are exacerbating the region’s water problem as countries begin to expect more of scarce and poorly managed water, warned Dr. Hamed Assaf, a professor of water resources engineering at the American University of Beirut. High water demand, negligence of water quality, and over-pumping are more serious threats to the region’s water supply than are the potential impacts of climate...
2009 مذكرات للباحثين وصناع القرار #2 | كانون الثاني
على الحكومات أن تمارس "إدارة الطلب على المياه" كي تنقذ الموارد المائية للمنطقة من التغير المناخيحامد عساف
حذر البروفيسور حامد عساف من تفاقم مشكلة المياه في الشرق الاوسط يوماً بعد يوم، في ظل الزيادات السكانية وازدياد المتطلبات والمستوى المعيشي، مما يعني أنه على دول المنطقة توقع المزيد من الشح وتبعات سوء الإدارة في مواردها المائيةّ
وجاء كلام عساف، الدكتور برتبة بروفيسور في هندسة الموارد المائية في الجامعة الاميركية في بيروت، خلال محاضرته التي نظمها معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية
Research and Policy Memo by Nadim Farajalla, PhD in Environmental Engineering, who is an Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at AUB. The policy adresses climate change and environment in the Arab world, where Dr. Nadim Farajalla talked about in his lecture.
Climate change will impact on at least seven distinct sectors throughout the Middle East, and a coalition of actors in society must work together quickly to minimize the negative consequences that might occur.
Research and Policy Memo #1 | June 2008
Researchers, Civil Society and Government Must Combine Forces to Offset Climate Change’s Expected Impact on Multiple Sectors in the Arab World Nadim Farajalla
Climate change will impact on at least seven distinct sectors throughout the Middle East, and a coalition of actors in society must work together quickly to minimize the negative consequences that might occur. This was the main theme of a recent lecture by Dr. Nadim Farajalla of the American University of Beirut (AUB), faculty director of the new Research and Policy Forum on Climate Change and the...
ان كتاب " العنف القانوني ضد المرأة في لبنان قوانين الأحوال الشخصية والعقوبات" هو عبارة عن ثلاثة دراسات قانونية تم تنفيذها من قبل باحثات قانونيات بالتعاون مع التجمع النسائي الديمقراطي اللبناني في اكتوبر 2008، و هدفها تسليط الضوء على مواضيع العنف ضد المرأة في قوانين الأحوال الشخ
منذ أجل طويل والجدل قائم حول موضوع تعرّض حقوق المرأة - الزوجية منها بشكل خاص - للانتهاك، بحيث انقسم المجتمع الدولي إلى معسكرين: أحدهما يعترف بوجود التمايز والانتهاكات على حساب النساء، والثاني ينفيه.
This study was envisioned by KAFA in partnership with Save the Children Sweden following the encounter with several child sexual abuse victims at the end of the July 2006 war.
تم اعداد هذا الدليل من قبل منظمة رصد العمل الدولي من أجل حقوق المرأة لمنطقة اسيا و المحيط الهادئ، بدعم من المفوضية الاوروبية، وأصدرته جمعية كفى عنف و استغلال في آب 2008. يأتي هذا الدليل ضمن مشروع اقليمي متكامل سيتم تنفيذه بين عامي 2009 و 2011 في لبنان وسوريا والاردن.
The situation for 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is worse now than it has ever been since the start of the Israeli military occupation in 1967.
Helem is the first and only above-ground LGBT organisation in the MENA region. Founded in 2004 and based in Beirut, Lebanon, Helem is a rights-based organisation that focuses on advocating and lobbying for the legal and social rights of people with alternative sexuality.
This paper explores some faces of globalization by using a gender perspective, in order to consider reproduction (psychological and emotional as well as biological) and the activities and attitudes of care that give moral resources for response to systemic tragedy, not only fo
There are no official statistics but there may be more than 40,000 Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Lebanon already hosts some 400,000 Palestinians for whom no durable solution is in sight.
In the previous issue, Information International surveyed the opinion of the Lebanes on various issues, namely their political belonging, their position toward Hizbullah's arms and rearmament of political parties, their most preferred candidates for presidency and premiership,
Dans le cadre du Projet MEDSTAT Environnement, l’Administration Centrale de la Statistique (ACS) – le point focal des statistiques en général et des statistiques environnementales en particulier – élabore le présent compendium.
A booklet highlighting UNDP's prompt response to the environmental disaster that hit the Lebanese coastline resulting from the air strike on the fuel storage tanks of the Jiyeh power plant.
