The Syrian crisis continues to provoke an ever increasing displacement across the border into Lebanon. According to the UNHCR, more than 569,000 Syrian refugees are now receiving protection and assistance from the Lebanese government, the UN and NGO’s. With no end to the crisis in sight, the number of Syrian refugees entering Lebanon is expected to rise to one million by the end of the year, posing a significant challenge to hosting communities around Lebanon. DRC and its partners continue to provide essential services to meet the needs of refugees and locals.
DRC’s emergency strategy focuses...
Advocacy aims at creating or changing policies, laws, regulations, distribution of resources or other decisions that affect people’s lives and to ensure that such decisions lead to implementation. Such advocacy is generally directed at policy makers including politicians, government officials and public servants, but also private sector leaders whose decisions impact upon people’s lives, as well as those whose opinions and actions influence policy makers, such as journalists and the media. Advocacy proved to be integral part for organizations (CSO's) working on ending violence against women in...
Advocacy aims at creating or changing policies, laws, regulations, distribution of resources or other decisions that affect people’s lives and to ensure that such decisions lead to implementation. Such advocacy is generally directed at policy makers including politicians, government officials and public servants, but also private sector leaders whose decisions impact upon people’s lives, as well as those whose opinions and actions influence policy makers, such as journalists and the media. Advocacy proved to be integral part for organizations (CSO's) working on ending violence against women in...
Advocacy aims at creating or changing policies, laws, regulations, distribution of resources or other decisions that affect people’s lives and to ensure that such decisions lead to implementation. Such advocacy is generally directed at policy makers including politicians, government officials and public servants, but also private sector leaders whose decisions impact upon people’s lives, as well as those whose opinions and actions influence policy makers, such as journalists and the media. Advocacy proved to be integral part for organizations (CSO's) working on ending violence against women in...
Advocacy aims at creating or changing policies, laws, regulations, distribution of resources or other decisions that affect people’s lives and to ensure that such decisions lead to implementation. Such advocacy is generally directed at policy makers including politicians, government officials and public servants, but also private sector leaders whose decisions impact upon people’s lives, as well as those whose opinions and actions influence policy makers, such as journalists and the media. Advocacy proved to be integral part for organizations (CSO's) working on ending violence against women in...
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization working in Lebanon since 2004. In May 2011, DRC responded to a call from UNHCR, when the Syrian crisis started and the first Syrian refugees came into Lebanon. DRC believes that no refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions and hence the emergency response aims to provide immediate relief and protection to displaced refugees, including their vulnerable hosts, in an impartial, inclusive and neutral manner, adhering to the Code of Conduct of the Red Cross and Red Crescent...
تواصلت خلال عام 2012 حالات الاعتداء على العمال السوريين في أنحاء مختلفة من لبنان، من البقاع إلى الجبل ومن الشمال إلى الجنوب مرورا بالعاصمة وضواحيها. وتشي الحالات التي تم رصدها، أن الاعتداءات ضد العمال الأجانب، والسوريين بشكل خاص، ليست بحالات فردية ومعزولة بل تأتي ضمن سياق عام من التحريض العنصري ضد هذه الفئة بالتحديد. وقد رصد "المرصد اللبناني لحقوق العمال والموظفين" في هذا الإطار 29 حالة عنف موثقة ضد عمال سوريين، من خطف وعنف جسدي وسلب. هذا، وبقي المعتدين في معظم الحالات مجهولي الهوية، مما حال دون سوقهم من قبل السلطات اللبنانية إلى العدالة فضلاً عن تقصير الحكومة في اتخاذ التدابير التي من شأنها...
This "Thirty Questions Guide" is the first guide that addresses the various stages of work and employment based on the principles of the CRPD and its relevant detailed provisions.
DRC LEBANON BACKGROUNDThe Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization working in Lebanon since 2004. In May 2011, DRC responded to a call from UNHCR, when the Syrian crisis started and the first Syrian refugees came into Lebanon. DRC believes that no refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions and hence the emergency response aims to provide immediate relief and protection to displaced refugees, including their vulnerable hosts, in an impartial, inclusive and neutral manner, adhering to the Code of Conduct of the Red...
The purpose of this manual is to inform different employers on people with disabilities and inclusion
in the workplace. It provides a basic principle on how to start accessing this untapped labor pool,
raise awareness about disability, provide tools for recruitment and ways of integration.
يهدف هذا الدليل إلى تزويد القادة المحليين بمقترحات عملية وشاملة لتعزيز جهودهم في مجال الوقاية من النزاعات في السياق المحلي. يتوجه هذا الدليل إلى الأفراد الذين يضطلعون بدور هام في مجتمعاتهم المحلية علمًا أن القادة المحليين قادرين على لعب دور إيجابي في الحفاظ على العلاقات الودية ما بين المجموعات المختلفة. قد يشمل هؤلاء المحافظين والمخاتير والقادة الروحيين المحليين وأعضاء الأحزاب والكبار في السن ووجهاء العائلات والمؤرخين والصحافيين وأساتذة المدارس ورؤساء المدارس وأي شخصية تحظى باحترام الآخرين. لا يحتاج هؤلاء بالضرورة أن يكونوا من كبار المسؤولين الحكوميين أو السياسيين أو المراجع الدينية أو رواد...
This guide is intended to provide local actors with practical and comprehensive suggestions for enhancing their efforts in violence prevention in the local context. It is designed for people involved locally in their communities. Local leaders can have a positive role in maintaining cordial inter-group relationships. They can be mayors, mukhtars, local religious leaders, party members, elders, family leaders, historians, journalists, school teachers, and school headmasters—virtually anyone who is respected by others. People need not be high-ranking government officials, politicians, religious...
