On September 25, 2025, CeSSRA convened a roundtable discussion titled “The End of the Grant Era: Implications and Potential for Civil Society Actors in Lebanon,” bringing together local civil society actors to reflect on the shifting funding landscape and its impact on the sector.
The infographic [Shrinking space, constraints, and fragmentation: Lebanon CSOs civic & operational space during the lockdown of January-March2021] provides an overview of civic space and CSOs operational space in Lebanon during the Covid 19 related lockdown and state of emergency between January and March 2021. It shows that, although local civil society organisations and initiatives are the main responders on the ground, they have faced many limitations and restrictions, which have affected their impact. Data shows that interventions have overlooked some regions and specific groups. It also...
يعرض هذا الرسم البياني لمحةً عن الفضاء المدني وعن الفضاء العملاني للمنظمات غير الحكومية في لبنان أثناء الإغلاق المتعلق بكوفيد 19 في لبنان وحالة الطوارئ بين كانون الثاني وآذار ٢٠٢١. وهو يظهِر أنّ منظمات المجتمع المدني والمبادرات المحلية واجهت تحدّيات وقيود عدّة أعاقت تأثيرها، على الرغم من أنّها المستجيبة الرئيسية على الأرض. وفقًا للبيانات، فقد أغفلت التدخلات بعض المناطق ومجموعاتٍ محددة. كما تلقي البيانات الضوء على القيود الرئيسية التي تواجهها المنظمات غير الحكومية، وكذلك على التوصيات الرئيسية التي اقترحها المشاركون/ات بهدف التصدي للتحدّيات، كتعزيز التنسيق بين منظمات المجتمع المدني. أخيراً،...
Beirut Explosion: Greatest Tragedies Come With Greatest Acts of Kindness.
Youth from a Sports and Youth Association (Chabibeh Sporting Club) become volunteers and share stories of compassion and pain mixed together to shed light on the darkest hour of their country.
This infographic provides an overview of gender actors and interventions in Lebanon*, and aims to highlight gaps and duplications in the sector.
.يُقدِّم هذا الرسم البياني لمحةً عامّة عن الجهات الفاعلة في مجال الجندر وتدخّلاتها في لبنان*. ويهدف إلى تسليط الضوء على الثغرات وتكرار المبادرات في القطاع
In Jordan, while the majority of the population has access to a wide range of public healthcare services, coverage and reach is still limited, unequal, and lacking in terms of quality. Vulnerable groups particularly, and more specifically unregistered refugees have limited access to healthcare benefits.
في الأردن، في حين يتمتع غالبية السكان بإمكانية الوصول إلى مجموعة واسعة من خدمات الرعاية الصحية العامة، لا تزال التغطية والوصول محدودة، غير متساوية، ونوعية متدنية
لقد تكون هذه التغطية محدودة خاصةً للفئات المهمّشة وبينهم اللاجئين غير المسجلين
The healthcare system in Lebanon is fragmented, exclusionary, and highly privatised.
Although there are multiple social protection schemes offering access to different healthcare benefits, some segments of the population, including unemployed, elderly, workers in the informal sector, migrants workers, and refugees have limited and unequal access to healthcare benefits and coverage.
نظام الرعاية الصحية في لبنان مجزأ، باهظ الكلفة ومخصخص إلى حد كبير. رغم وجود العديد من برامج الحماية الإجتماعية التي تغطي كل منها تقدمة مختلفة في مجال الرعاية الصحية، إلا أن بعض شرائح السكان، بما في ذلك العاطلين عن...
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.
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.
With globalisation, the mobility of people has grown, and women are essential actors in this migratory phenomenon. This article focuses on the role of women in migration and the role of migration in advancing women’s rights to achieve gender equality.
Lebanon has had an ambiguous approach to the more than one million Syrians seeking protection in the country since 2011. The country is neither party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, nor does it have any national legislation dealing with refugees.
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Having limited legal status has direct negative consequences for Syrian refugees’ access to protection and assistance during their stay in Lebanon. Limited legal status also increases the risks of abuse and exploitation. Lebanon is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, hence the limited legal protection for refugees and asylum seekers in Lebanon, although it is bound by the customary law principle of non-refoulement and by the obligations of the human rights treaties which it has signed and which are incorporated into its Constitution. International standards under these obligations...
Violence against women is directly linked to the historic discrimination against them. It is an expression of the gendered imbalance of power that has resulted in a gap intensified by the existing legal, social, and cultural institutions.
Facilitating access to comprehensive primary healthcare services: • People having access to primary healthcare services including Reproductive Health (RH) and mental health care and including provision of medication for TB , leishmania and chronic and acute conditions • Benefi
