Events

Nabras Foundation organized a graduation event for the IT Students that have been graduated in the previous courses.

On Friday May 22 an event will take place at Crowne Plaza Hotel, in collaboration with the Inclusion Network, to launch the publication “Inclusive School Model. Guide for Inclusive School System”. It is the final event of an Italian funded project aimed at promoting inclusion of children with special needs in Lebanese primary schools, implemented by the Italian NGO Gruppo di Volontariato Civile (GVC) and the Lebanese one Youth Association of the Blind (YAB). The project has been co-funded by the Italian MFA.

In 2000, the law of rights of people with disabilities 220/ 2000 was issued in the Official newspaper. This law came after many struggles and  efforts devoted by the people with disabilities, and it was a dream of ours and  theirs. Everyone believed that once this law is ratified our problems then would be solved, but this law needed implementation practices in order for it to be taken into action. And once more we phased yet another struggle, in order to reach the application of the law, which does not meet the minimum rights of people with disabilities.   After fifteen years of the issuance...

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.

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. [facebook event]

برعاية معالي وزير الشؤون الإجتماعية الأستاذ رشيد درباس المحترمتتشرّف مؤسسة أبعاد – مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين وبالشراكة مع "جمعية إنقاذ الطفل"بدعوتكم/كن لحضور حفل إطلاق دليل تدريبي بعنوان"برنامج الأبوّة الإيجابية" "Program P" الزمان: يوم الأربعاء الموافق في 25 شباط 2015 من الساعة 10 صباحاً وحتى 12:00 ظهراًالمكان: فندق مونرو – وسط بيروت يهدف حفل الإطلاق إلى تعريف الحاضرين/ات بدليل "الأبوّة الإيجابية" "Program P" الذي يوفّر إستراتيجيات ملموسة وخطوات عمليّة لإشراك الرجال في أدوار الأبوّة بصورةٍ إيجابية لاعنفية وفعّالة، منذ مرحلة الحمل وحتى مرحلة الطفولة المبكرة. كما ويحدّد الدليل...

The Lebanese Association for History in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands,                        the Center for Applied Research in Education at Notre Dame University-Louaize,               and the Centre for Lebanese Studies has the pleasure of inviting you to the launching of   « Developing History Teachers’ Capacity to Foster Historical Thinking » that provides a one year intensive training  by international experts, support sessions by LAH team, and peer mentoring to support history teachers in promoting historical thinking in classrooms   The ceremony will take...

ABAAD in partnership with UNICEF is pleased to invite you to the launching ceremony of the video animation “Marriage Is Not a Game*” With the participation of: Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst, Head of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Lebanon Ms. Annamaria Laurini, UNICEF Representative in Lebanon Ms. Ghida Anani, ABAAD Founder and Director Tuesday December 9th at 3:00 PM Holiday Inn Dunes Hotel, Verdun, Beirut RSVP 01283820, abaad@abaadmena.org Within the framework of the project “Ending Gender Based Violence: Towards standardization and strengthening of services and direct...

الدعوة لتجمّع اعتراضي الموضوع: المساحات العامة في مدينة بيروت كردّة فعل على عدم تحمّل بلدية بيروت لمسؤولياتها المنصوص عليها قانونًا: بحماية المساحات العامة من حدائق وشواطى عامة وغيرها. بعدم اعتمادها سياسة المشاركة الفاعلة للمجتمع المدني والأهلي وخصوصاً الاخصّائيين المُدُنيّين وسواهم... عليه: يدعوكم "الإئتلاف المدني للحفاظ على المساحات العامة والتنقل الحضري في بيروت" الى إتخاذ موقف إحتجاجي لحث البلدية على العمل وفقًا للقوانين التي تلبّي حاجات و تطلعات السكان والأهالي كما عامة اطياف المجتمع... ولتغيير مقاربة تعاطيها مع مُجمل الملفّات المتعلّقة بالمساحات العامة و لتفعيل مُستدام للنقل المشترك...

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitationhas the pleasure to invite you to the launch of its media and advocacy campaign:"Al hawa ma byinshara" fight prostitution, fight trafficking Monday the 15th of September, 2014From 10:30am until 1:00pmAt Monot Theater, Ashrafieh. Program10:30-10:35 Introductory remarks, Ms. Zoya Rouhana, Director, KAFA10:35-11:15 Screening of the film "The Oldest violence"11:15-11:30 Presentation of the study on "Exploring the demand for prostitution: what male buyers say about their motives, practices, and perceptions", Ms. Ghada Jabbour, Head of the Anti-Trafficking Unit...

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and the Arab NGO Network for Development cordially invite you to a book launch and panel discussion on Adib Nehme’s latest book , "The Neopatrimonial State and the Arab Spring." Adib Nehme, Regional Advisor – ESCWA Fawwaz Traboulsi, American University of Beirut Tareq Tell, American University of Beirut Ziad Abdel Samad, Arab NGO Network for Development Rami Khouri, Issam Fares Institute Note: Event will be in Arabic, simultaneous translation will be available Follow this link for the event agenda. [facebook event...

نزهة في حرش بيروت 22 سنة وحرش بيروت مفتوح لفئة من الناس 22 سنة وبيروت بلا عيدها 22 سنة وأطفالنا يلعبون على الطرقات سنتين مرت مُنذ وعد رئيس المجلس البلدي بلال حمد أهالي بيروت بفتح الحرش سنتين لزمنا الصمت وأظهرنا كلّ التعاون لاعطاء الفرصة له سنتين منحنا فيها الثقة ولكن "راوح مكانك"، فلا فتح الحرش للعموم ولا صيانة للبنى التحتية ولا تركيب للمواد الصلبة ولا تلزيم لأي شركة… لذلك ندعوكم نهار السبت في 30 تموز 2014 الساعة الثالثة للتنزّه في حرش بيروت لممارسة حقنا في الملك العام وللتذكير بالقضية. ننتظركم جميعاً، أحضروا أطفالكم وأصحابكم وأهاليكم أحضروا الألعاب وآلاتكم الموسيقية .... حرش بيروت ونحن...

إحتفالاً بيوم الشباب العالمي لعام 2014 تتشرف مؤسسة أبعاد – مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين ووكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في الشرق الأدنى – الأونروا لدعوتكم للمشاركة في حفل إفتتاح المعرض الفوتوغرافي وإطلاق 3 كتيّبات بعنوان: "أطياف الأزقة" تحتوي الكتيّبات الثلاثة على مجموعة من الصور تمّ إلتقاطها بإستخدام تقنية تصوير ما يعرف ب "الكاميرا المثقوبة" وذلك من قبل فتيان وفتيات في مخيم برج الشمالي في جنوب لبنان. عكس الفتيان والفتيات من خلال هذه الصور جوانب من يومياتهم/ن، ومن واقعهم/ن المعيشي، مسلّطين/ات الضوء على جوانب من أشكال التمييز والعنف القائم على النوع الإجتماعي...

  *** Due to the current situation in Arsal and North Lebanon and for safety considerations, the ceremony is put on hold ***   ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) is pleased to announce the double ceremony of ENFE II education program (Enhancing Non-Formal Education in North Lebanon), that will celebrate the graduation of vocational training students and the inauguration of Palestine soccer field. The ceremony will take place August 8, 2014 at 6 pm in Palestine Soccer field, Beddawi camp. More than 130 graduates from the program will receive training certificates. Attendees will also...

من بيروت الى فلسطين، الى أهل غزةنرسل ورود عبر البحر، عند كورنيش الروشة ونرفع أسماء الشهداء على الصخرةيوم الثلاثاء، ٢٢ تموزالساعة السادسة مساءً

FROM BEIRUT TO GAZA...ACROSS THE SEA Join us in solidarity with Gaza. Let us pay tribute to every Palestinian defying Israeli brutality. Let us honor every Palestinian girl, boy, woman, and man murdered by Israel. Place: Ramlet el Bayda Corniche Date and Time: Monday July 21, 2014 from 6-7 PM This event will coincide with two simultaneous vigils in the Nahr el Bared and Rashidiyye Palestinian refugee camps. DONATION BOXES WILL BE AVAILABLE. ALL DONATIONS COLLECTED BY BEIT ATFAL ESSOMOUD DURING RAMADAN HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR GAZA. Come, bring others, and spread the word. (Beit Atfal...

Buried Alive... Sit-In of Solidarity with the Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees Detained and Tortured at the General Security Detention Center  On July 18, Nelson Mandela International Day, we are calling for a solidarity sit-in with the migrants and refugees of Lebanon at 5:00 pm in front of the General Security detention place in Adlieh, Beirut (on the roundabout). In the General Security detention place, migrants, asylum seekers and refugees are detained illegally in an underground parking lot where they never see the sunlight and suffer terrible detention conditions for sometimes very...