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A Stunt by ABAAD in partnership with the office of the Minister for Women’s Affairs (OMSWA), as part of the 16 days of activism in support of the national VAW campaign, #LifeForLife .

Ain el Mreisseh Square
(Opposite McDonald’s Restaurant)
Saturday 9th of December
From 10 am until 10 pm

For more information, please contact Ms. Zayna Ayyad on 70877022

The aim of the conference is to discuss:

1. Factors of radicalization and the responses of the Lebanese and the Canadian governments in that respect;

2. The question of refugees in Lebanon and the anti-Syrian sentiment as a factor of radicalization;

3. Impacts of programming designed to counter radicalization and improve social cohesion in Lebanon.

This conference will also encourage fruitful exchanges on this global issue and foster cooperation between academics, policy-makers and NGOs. 

Conference Agenda

9:30 - 10:00
Registration

10:00 - 10:15
Inaugural Session 
• H.E. Dr. Tarek Mitri...

برعاية وزير الشؤون الإجتماعية الأستاذ بيار أبو عاصي   تتشرف جمعية إنقاذ الطفل بالشراكة مع وزارة الخارجية السويدية بدعوتكم/ن الى  نشاط "حقن يعبروا عن رأين ....ونسمعلن" من منظور وطني وإقليمي سيلط هذا النشاط الضوء على حقوق الأطفال مع التركيز على حقهم بالتعليم والحماية والمشاركة خلال النزاعات المسلحة. الزمان: بيروت 31 تشرين الأول 2017 15:30-9:00 المكان: فندق البريستول، فردان شارع مدام كورييه   للمهتمين أو المهتمات نردو التواصل معنا في موعد أقصاه 23 تشرين الأول على البريد الالكتروني التالي : Rana.kharrat@savethechildren.org أو رقم الهاتف : 03256908 Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister...

The Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (FNF) – Beirut Office cordially invites you to the second event of our Liberal Alphabet series entitled "Breathing, Drinking, Eating: Air, Water, Food - What is a Public Good?"  Water is a social good. Water supply requires state control and regulation. However, water is also essential for economic development. It is essential for life and health and also of cultural and religious importance. Is it therefore often subsidized or even made available for free? Is it a public good - something like air or sunlight? Where does privatization begin, where does it end...

The Lebanese Celiac association is organizing its second awareness event in collaboration with LAU. Speakers from different domains will be present to talk and answer questions about Gluten: GI doctors, Mental health professional, Dietitian, Pharmacist and Food scientist. If you have ever wondered how gluten and gluten free became the hottest topics these days, if Gluten is bad, how it impacts the whole body, if gluten free diet is a fad or a necessity, then come join us and ask the experts. Please check event details here For registration, please email us on info@lebaneseceliacs.orgFor...

Masculinities in the Arab World: Trajectories to Peace and Gender Equality Coordinated by Promundo, ABAAD – Resource Centre for Gender Equality and UN Women  In collaboration with: Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at Lebanese American University, Connecting Research to Development (CRD), International Alert, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Womanity Foundation and MenEngage Alliance Supported by: The Prevention+ Programme supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)...

احفظوا التاريخ! المؤتمر الثالث للمجلس العربي للعلوم الاجتماعية | 10-12 آذار/مارس 2017 | بيروت       يسر المجلس العربي للعلوم الاجتماعية  الإعلان عن عقد مؤتمره الثالث بعنوان "الدولة، السيادة، والفضاء الاجتماعي في المنطقة العربية: قراءات تاريخية ومقاربات نظرية جديدة" في 10-12 آذار/مارس 2017 في بيروت. سنوافيكم بالمزيد من التفاصيل لاحقًا.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------       Save the Date! 3rd Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences...

On the occasion of the international women's day and under the patronage of Minister of State for Women's affairs H.E. Minister Jean Ogasapian, ABAAD and UN Women, in partnership with Ministry of Social Affairs cordially invites you to a National Conference: "Towards A National Coordinated Multi-Sectoral GBV Prevention And Response Interventions In Lebanon". This conference will shed light on The Inter-Sectoral Interventions in the GBV Sector in the presence of representatives from the following sectors: Health, Security, Social Services, Legal Judicial and Education Sectors. The...

To mark the closure of their project “Improving the socio-economic living conditions of the populations of six Lebanese villages”, funded by AFD, NGOs CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Mouvement Social, Mada and Fair Trade Lebanon organize a national forum entitled “Contributing to social cohesion by supporting local development, Results and perspectives on a project conducted in 6 Lebanese villages affected by the Syrian crisis” on Monday November 28th 2016 from 9:30 am to 1pm at French Institute in Beirut. The conference will be in Arabic and French. For over five years, Lebanon has been facing a...

Lebanon Support cordially invites you to a roundtable on: Access to healthcare for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. The reproduction of a failed system? Presentation of primary fieldwork findings by Lebanon Support The ineffective public healthcare system in Lebanon is leading its residents to resort to private health services, which implies high costs for patients. In this context – already prior to the Syrian refugee crisis – NGOs, religious organisations, and charities have taken over certain areas of healthcare, thus leading to a highly fragmented distribution of medical provision. Since...

كلنا عرفنا في يوم معنى التهجير وقصف البيوت،كلنا بشكل أو بآخر، عرفنا معنى ان نكون ضحايا تمييز وطائفية وعنصرية،كلنا عرفنا معنى الاغتراب أو النزوح بفعل سياسات اقتصادية غير عادلة، من حقنا كلنا التجوّل والعمل والتعليم والإستشفاء، ولنا كامل الحق بالكرامة والتلاقي والتضامن،انضموا إلينا في مسيرة صامتة من وزارة الخارجية إلى وزارة الداخلية نهار الإثنين ١٨ تموز ٢٠١٦، من الساعة ٦.٣٠ لغاية ٧.٣٠ مساء.------------------------------------------------ كلنا لاجئون أو مشروع لاجئين، في بلاد يحكمها نظام طائفي وعنصري وتستغل فيها السلطات والقوى السياسية، هذه الأشكال من التمييز، لتعميم الفساد وحرمان المقيمين...

  Under the high patronage of the Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs H.E. Nabil De Freij, Fair Trade Lebanon, in partnership with Mouvement Social, Baskinta Baytouna & Suburbs and the municipality of Baskinta, is honored to organize the 10th International Fair Trade Towns Conference on July 2nd at the College Saint Pierre in Baskinta. The event constitutes the outcome of the "Lebanese Fair Trade Towns" project implemented by Fair Trade Lebanon and Mouvement Social, financed by the European Union and supervised by the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative...

The conference will be in English and Arabic, with simultaneous translation available May 12 - Day One:Session One 12:00 - 2:00Russia and the Arab World Alexander Zasypkin, Ambassador of Russia to Lebanon, IntroductionNikolay Kozhanov, Nonresident Scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center,“The Russian -Arab Relations Today”Talal Nizameddin, Dean of Student Affairs at AUB, “The Making of Russia’sForeign Policy Today”   May 13 - Day Two:Session Two 10:00 - 12:00Religion, Nationalism, and Geopolitics Antoine Courban, Professor at the Saint Joseph University in Beirut,“On Religion and Nationalism in...

Please follow this link for more info: http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Pages/msf_conference.aspx For Arabic: http://www.aub.edu.lb/ifi/Documents/events/2015-2016/20160504_msf/20160… A two-day conference marking 40-years Médecins Sans Frontières’s (MSF) work in conflict, co-organized with the American University of Beirut. This conference will critically examine some of the contemporary challenges to humanitarian action across different war geographies within and beyond the Middle East. The event will bring together researchers, academics, and practitioners working in and on the...

Le Département d’Histoire de la Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines a le plaisir de vous inviter à une conférence de Monsieur Henry Laurens, Professeur au Collège de France Histoire et génocide Mardi 16 février 2016 à 18h Université Saint-Joseph, Campus des sciences humaines, Bâtiment C, 5e étage, salle polyvalente Pour tout renseignement, contacter Mme Micheline Nasrallah au 01 421 000 – ext. 5129 ou carla.edde@usj.edu.lb

Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship Arab Studies Institute's   2nd Annual Conference: Academia and Social Justice March 11-13, 2016 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hamra The Academia and Social Justice conference is bringing together academics, students and practitioners from across the region and internationally to discuss the role of academic institutions and actors in the debates on and promotion of social justice. Around 33 papers will be presented in 10 panels across three days on topics such as academia and the marketplace, pedagogy for social justice, student activism, knowledge...

 إنه لمن دواعي سرورنا أن نحيطكم/ن علماً بأنه، وبالتعاون مع منظمة أبعاد (مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين) في لبنان، تم إطلاق جائزة منارة، وهي المسابقة الإقليمية الأولى التي تسلط الضوء على الممارسات الناجحة نحو تحقيق المساواة بين الجنسين في الأردن ولبنان وفلسطين المحتلة. إن فترة تقديم الطلبات لا تزال مفتوحة لغاية 20 آذار 2016. للتعرّف أكثر على معايير المشاركة وآلية تقديم الطلبات واختيار الفائزين/ات، ندعوكم/ن للمشاركة في الجلسة التعريفية المزمع عقدها في بيروت: التاريخ والتوقيت: ٢ آذار ٢٠١٦، ١٢-٣ ب.ظ المكان: فندق الكومودور، بيروت لتأكيد المشاركة، يرجى ملء النموذج المرفق وإرساله إلى السيدة لمى...

"Women on the Front Lines", WOFL, 2016 4th annual conference will be organized on Tuesday March 1rst, 2016 at Phoenicia Hotel. WOFL conference will bring very high caliber & influential women who have inspired changes in the field of Politics, Entrepreneurship,Film industry and will host relatives of Jihadists who will share their experience with the audience.   For more info visit: https://wofl2016.eventbrite.com/ or call us on: 01/256220- 03/103043

  The Arab Revolutions: Five Years On The Arduous Road of Democratization and Future Prospects   Please click here for the English conference program, and here for the Arabic program.  Simultaneous interpretation from Arabic to English and English to Arabic will be available for all panel discussions and keynote lectures. All panel discussions and keynote lectures are open to the public. 21- 23 January 2016 l l l West Hall, AUB In association with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, AUB's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs is pleased to announce...