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...
28 refugee households were surveyed, which represented a total of 501 refugees, 48% male and 52% female, which is approximately 11% of the Syrian refugee population in North Bekaa.
ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality, in partnership with Women's League for International Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and in collaboration with the United Nations Interim Forces (UNFIL) in South Lebanon, organized the National Consultation Meeting on May 10th, 2012 at Holi
This Gender-based Violence Rapid Assessment conducted by International Rescue Committee in 2012 focuses on risks and violence faced by women and girls among the Syrian refugee population within Lebanon.
Research Paper | October 2011
A Case Study on Lebanon’s National Strategy for Forest Fire Management Elissar Harati and Hana A. El‐Ghali
The case study on Lebanon’s forest fire policy aims to trace the policy-formulation process which led to the National Strategy for Forest Fire Management. The policy represents a successful example of a civil society organization, namely a nongovernmental organization (NGO) specialized in reforestation activities, influencing policy-making through research and advocacy. The mandate of forest fires falls under the jurisdiction of a number of institutions...
Research Paper | October 2011
A Case Study on Lebanon’s National Strategy for Forest Fire Management Elissar Harati and Hana A. El‐Ghali
The case study on Lebanon’s forest fire policy aims to trace the policy-formulation process which led to the National Strategy for Forest Fire Management. The policy represents a successful example of a civil society organization, namely a nongovernmental organization (NGO) specialized in reforestation activities, influencing policy-making through research and advocacy. The mandate of forest fires falls under the jurisdiction of a number of institutions...
هذه الدراسة تم انجازها عام 2010، من قبل عزّة شرارة بيضون، بدعم من منظمتي أوكسفام برطانيا(OXFAM) و كفى عنف و استغلال و بتمويل من UNTRUSTED FUND ضمن إطار مشروع "تطوير مقاربات و استراتيجيات العمل مع الرجال لمناهضة العنف المنزلي في الشرق الاوسط".
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.
This Map Contains The Following Information Layers: - Political Layer displaying the electoral weight of each of the opposition and the loyalists in each of the electoral districts of the 2005 General Elections - Confessional Layer, displaying a rough presentation of the geogr
إن الجمعيات هي العمود الفقري للمجتمع المدني في جميع الدول التي تتمتع بنظام ديمقراطي، وهي بأعدادها الكبيرة ووفرة نشاطاتها، تساهم في لعب أدوار "[محورية] بالتكامل مع مؤسسات الدولة وسلطاتها المختلفة، في عدد كبير من الوظائف والميادين، أبرزها: التطور والتنمية البشرية المستدامة؛ تنمية اهتمام المواطن بالشأن العام، تفعيل طاقة أفرادها وصقلها وتوجيهها وتأمين الديمومة المؤسساتية لها واستقلالها، تعزيز الديمقراطية وثقافتها وتقوية المجتمع المدني."
لكن الجمعيات في لبنان تواجه وضع قانوني مؤسف، بحيث أنها، وبالرغم من الدور الأساسي الذي ما فتئت تلعبه في ظل نظام دستوري وقانوني يتفق إلى حد كبير مع مبدأ حرية...