Conference on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
The Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University is organizing, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a two-day conference on:
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Policies of Receiving Countries and Crisis Impact on Displaced Syrians and Receiving Societies
Date: March 27-28, 2015
Venue: Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon
The Conference will be in both English and Arabic.
Important Dates:
Call for papers (Thursday 27, November 2014)Abstract due on January 10, 2015 (250-300 words)Decision on Abstracts by January 18...
Too many reasons to celebrate!
Lebanon Support would like to invite you to a celebration of its almost ten years of existence and work. Since it was founded in 2006, Lebanon Support has launched two online platforms – Daleel Madani, the civil society portal which has over 1,300 organisations registered and on the directory; and CSKC, the Civil Society Knowledge Centre (launched in 2013) which is an online space for original tools, research, and analysis addressing civil society issues in Lebanon.
Lebanon Support’s latest endeavour is the Civil Society Review, a yearly peer-reviewed publication...
Under the patronage of the Beirut Bar Association, Justice Without Frontiers will launch "Women's Access To Justice- Phase 2" program that will be implemented in Lebanon in partnership with Oxfam GB and funded by the ministry of foreign affairs of Finland. The launching event will take place at Maison de L'AVOCAT- Beirut, 1st floor on 26th of March 2015 at 11 am.
This program aims to provide equal and equitable access to formal and informal justice for poor and vulnerables women through interventions at the personal, comunity, systemic and regional level.
The Centre for Lebanese Studies, The Carnegie Middle East Center, and the Danish Institute in Damascus cordially invite to a one day conference entitled:
Youth Marginalization and Radicalization Amid the Syrian Crisis
EVENT DETAILS
DATE
Thursday, March 19, 2015
TIME
9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION
Carnegie Middle East Center, Emir Bechir Street, Lazarieh Tower, Bldg. No. 2026 1210, 5th flr., Downtown Beirut
SPEAKERS
Mario Abou Zeid, Haneen Al Sayyed, Lars Erslev Andersen, Tobias Gemmerlie, Lina Khatib, Kamel Kosbar, Nizar Saghiyeh, Maha Shuayb
CONTACT...
We are looking forward to see you all to give tribute to a woman who fought for Women’s Rights for more than 60 years.
Throughout her career, Linda Matar has taken the issue of women’s rights upon herself and lobbied for amending laws that discriminate against women.
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MUPP-MUD City Debates 2015Other Gentrifications: Urban Change beyond the Core
Architecture Lecture Hall, Department of Architecture and DesignAmerican University of BeirutThe Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Policy and Design (MUPP-MUD)In collaboration with the AUB Neighborhood Initiative
THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, 4 MARCH 2015[INTRODUCTION COFFEE 4:00 - 4:30 PM]
4:30 - 5:00 PM OPENING SESSION• Dean Makram Suidan (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut)• Robert Saliba (MUPP/MUD-ArD, American University of Beirut). Welcome...
