Events

Under the patronage and presence of His Excellency the Minister of Labor Mr. Sejaan Azzi Insan Association cordially invites you to the launch of its research report entitled: “The Kafala System: When employers also accepted to share their perspective” The report will be launched during a press conference ceremony on Friday the 27th of June from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tamar Rotana Hotel- Hazmieh. The press conference will be followed by a reception.   الاصدقاء الاعزاء برعاية وحضور معالي وزير العمل الأستاذ سجعان قزي تتشرف مؤسسة انسان بدعوتكم لحضور حفل اطلاق تقريرها حول نتائج البحث حول حقوق عاملات...

حفل ختامي يتخلل:الوقوف على أهم محطات حملة #ع_السكة الإعلان عن الخطوات المستقبلية يوم الخميس الساعة 5:00PM للساعة 7:00 المكان: مسرح بلدية صيدا حضوركم يدعمنا و محبتكم تميزنا للمزيد من المعلومات : 70910520 [facebook event]

Under the patronage of HE the Minister of Tourism Michel Pharaon, Fair Trade Lebanon organizes for the 3rd consecutive year the World Fair Trade Day in Lebanon, on the 11th of May 2014. This event aims at raising awareness on Fair Trade and promoting more solidarity and equity in the trading practices from the local to the global levels. It will take place on the 11th of May from 11 am to 6 pm in Ajami Square, Beirut Souks.  This initiative is part of the international fair trade campaign led by Fairtrade International and national fair trade organizations in more than 80 countries. Different...

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitationhas the pleasure to invite you to a book launch If not for the system...Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon tell their stories Date: Friday, 2 May 2014 from 11am to 1pmPlace: Monot Theatre - Ashrafieh Program: Welcome and introduction note, KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation Deconstructing the resistance to change the "system", Mr. Roland Tawk, Lawyer Testimonies reading by migrant domestic workers One cause: similarities between stories of struggle, Ms. Myrtle Witbooi, Chair of the International Domestic Workers Federation Discussion For more...

Join us again this year for the 4th Annual Workers’ Day Celebration & Support our call for better legal protection of Migrant Domestic Workers! For the 4th consecutive year, we will be holding a series of events to mark Workers' Day, along with hundreds of Migrant Domestic Workers. It will be a three-day event, on May 2-3-4. Please help us spread the word among Migrant Domestic Workers you know! More details below: Friday, May 2 11:00am – 1:00pm, Monot Theater, Ashrafieh Book launching “If not for the System…Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon Tell their Stories” by KAFA (enough) Violence...

تتشرف منظمة عدل بلا حدود بدعوتكم للمشاركة في حفل اختتام مشروع "تمكين المرأة للوصول إلى العدالة" وهو مشروع اقليمي نفدته منظمة عدل بلا حدود في لبنان بالشراكة مع أوكسفام- بريطانيا وبتمويل من سيدا- السويد، وذلك يوم الأربعاء الواقع فيه 30 نيسان 2014 عند الساعة الحادية عشرة في أوتيل الريفيرا- عين المريسة. برنامج الإحتفال - كلمة ترحيب من مديرة منظمة عدل بلا حدود المحامية بريجيت شلبيان - كلمة اوكسفام بريطانيا السيدة سارة بركات- مديرة برنامج - المعونة القضائية ووصول المرأة الى العدالة:تحديات وآفاق المحامية إقبال مراد دوغان - رئيسة رابطة لمرأة العاملة ورئيسة لجنة الاسرة في نقابة المحامين في...

تجمع "لأ" اشتغل بالفترة الماضية على نشر وترويج حق الرفض وحق كل انسان انو يقول لأ لكل معتقد، ممارسة او حالة. "لأ" بلشت بحملة بسيطة للتعبير عن رفض لقيم ومفاهيم وممارسات عامة. التجمع اللي بلش بحملة صغيرة انتشر وتوسع كفكرة وكمفهوم بشكل كبير ليغطي قضايا وحملات ومواضيع اوسع بكتير من اللي كنا بنطمح الو. "لأ" اللي كانت بدايتا مع بورتريهات بوجوه مخباية, بتدعيكون اليوم لتشاركوها و تقولو لأ، لتكونو جزء من الحملة بمرحلتها الجديدة. إذا اليوم عندك سبب لتقول لأ ... قول وشاركنا بأفكارك... قول لأ وخليّا تعبّر عنّي وعنّك... ونصير كلمة وحدة, صوت واحد بس مو صورة وحدة ... ناطرينكون الخميس 17 نيسان عال 8 ونص المسا...

The Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service (CCECS) is organizing the 6th annual AUB Civic and Volunteering Fair under the theme of “For Miles of Smiles” on Wednesday April 16, 2014, 10:00AM-4:00PM, in the West Hall and Green Oval areas. University Provost Dr. Ahmad Dallal will formally open the fair on Wednesday at 12:30 noon during a ceremony that will be held in Bathish Auditorium, West Hall. The opening will feature a keynote speech by the President of Beirut Marathon Association Ms. May El Khalil. During the opening, the Volunteer of the Year Award recipient will be announced...

ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid) cordially invites you to the closing ceremony of the Lebanese-Palestinian soccer Tournament for Solidarity. The ceremony will take place in Bebnine Municipality Hall (Akkar district) on Sunday April 13 at 5 p.m. Trophies will be awarded to the winning teams. Speakers at the event include the mayor of Bebnine, the representative of popular committee of Nahr El Bared, and ANERA Lebanon Country Director. The three-week-long tournament brought together 32 sport clubs in an effort to empower youth and promote social cohesion in North Lebanon. Teams...

World Vision in Lebanon and ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality cordially invite you to participate in the launching ceremony of the leading study entitled: “Varying Perceptions, One Outcome: Field study monitoring the attitudes and perceptions of women and men towards women’s rights in Lebanon” Place: Riviera Hotel, Ain Mreisseh, Beirut Date: Wednesday April 2, 2014 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Agenda of the event: Welcoming speech by Ms. Anita Delhaas-Van Dijk, National Director World Vision International Welcoming speech by Ms. Ghida Anani, ABAAD Founder & Director Presentation of the...

تطلق لجنة شجر وبشر - جمعية أرض الطفولة حملة مدافعة من أجل زيادة وتفعيل الأماكن العامة في مدينة صيدا. تتشرف اللجنة بدعوتكم لحضور حفل إطلاق حملة "ع السكة" ضمن مشروع "ممّر (2013 / 2014) وذلك في تمام الساعة الثالثة من بعد ظهر يوم الجمعة في 28 آذار 2014 في قاعة جمعيّة نبراس / طريق الميّة وميّة. البرنامج: كلمة لجنة شجر وبشر عرض لأهداف وخطط حملة المدافعة فيلم قصير “ع السكة” مداخلات للإستشاريين والإختصاصين والجمعيات الشريكة والمجموعات التي خضعت لتدريبات متنوعة لها علاقة بالمدافعة وتقنيات التواصل الإجتماعي وأنشطة الشارع وآليات التمويل وجمع التبرعات نقاش حفل كوكتيل انضموا الينا للمطالبة بزيادة وتفعيل...

NAHNOO celebrates its 5th anniversary on 22 Feb 2014 at 3 pm at MONNOT Theater. During the Event, NAHNOO will launch its three new youth-lead campaigns for Public spaces in Beirut, Baalbeck and Tyre: 1- Ramlet-Albayda Campaign 2- Tyre garden Campaign 3- Baalbeck temple campaign The program: - NAHNOO speech - Presentation and updates will be given by each of the campaign team followed by a discussion - Speech given by the communication groups who were trained by NAHNOO talking about their experience through the training - Distribute the participants certificate - Cocktail and NAHNOO cake...

ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality and its partners in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Nation-wide Campaign cordially invite you to the closing event of the campaign entitled“Alla Ysa’eda, Ma Betsa’eda”(which reads: Saying “May God help Her, Does not Help Her”) Metropolis Sofil Cinema, Tabaris – BeirutThursday, December 19th, 2013 from 17:00 till 19:00 RSVP: 01/28 38 20 - 70/28 38 20 From 5 till 6 Welcoming speech by the representative of UNICEF Lebanon, Mrs. Annamaria Laurini followed by animation screening of:“As We Grow Up...” A short animation produced by ABAAD and...

You are cordially invited to attend TransFocus: A Trans* Film Festival on Friday Nov 29th: AUB-Issam Fares Hall Saturday Nov 30th: AltCity-Hamra: Sunday Dec 1st: Minus1 – Ashrafiyeh: TransFocus is an independent film festival that addresses trans* and gender-variant topics, questions, persons, and politics in Lebanon. Through screening a few relevant international movies and grounding them in our local Lebanese context as much as possible, we're attempting to raise discussions, explore alliances, and create space for empowerment as well as for awareness. Please find a detailed...

MCC has moved from Nabaa to Gemmayzeh. Join us to celebrate and learn more about MCC! There will be great music, food, and friends! THIS SUNDAY, November 3, From 3pm to 5:30pm See you there! (free entrance) ** MCC is a community center where migrant workers meet to organize, discuss issues and hold meetings to prepare events. People who gather at the MCC are free to communicate and to work on cases that involve abuses that have been inflicted on domestic workers, such as, physical abuse and non-payment of wages, racism and discrimination and more. MCC focuses on support for migrant workers...

Launching of the booklet entitled“Some facts on Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon 2012-2013”Within the project of Insan Association “Access to Justice for migrant domestic workers and their children in Lebanon”, implemented in partnership and with the support of Open Society Foundation And in Collaboration with La Sagesse UniversityInsan Association would like to invite you to the launching of the booklet entitled “Some facts on Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon 2012-2013”On Wednesday, the 23rd of October 2013, from 11:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. at the Law Faculty of La Sagesse University, Beirut...

The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality, in partnership with ABAAD, cordially invite you to the launch of the “Gender and Sexuality Resource Center”. Place: Hotel Riviera, RaouchehOn Monday, October 7, 2013 at 11 a.m The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) aims at aggregating resources and research produced in the MENA region on gender and sexuality, especially in Arabic language, and make them available to all through an online database. RSVP: 01-566469 or nour@afemena.org

ثاني جزء من مهرجان حرش بيروت، مهرجان ثقافي في الأماكن العامة، الدعوة عامة ومجانية. من 27 إلى 29 أيلول، من الساعة5  إلى الساعة 7: نشاطات للاطفال - من الساعة8  إلى الساعة 10: نشاطات للكبار.  حديقة درجات طيلة أيام المهرجان. Deuxième partie du Festival du bois des Pins, festival culturel des espaces publics, entrée libre et gratuite. Du 27 au 29 Septembre, de 5h à 7h: activitiés pour enfants - de 8h à 10h: activitiés pour adultes. Tous les jours: mini parc à vélo.

The SMART Center and Women In Front joint project entitled: “Media Supporting Women Leaders” will hold a networking event that will bring together public media figures, women leaders and potential women candidates and trained journalists. This event aims to build good relations between women and the media and increase their media visibility again. Moreover, this event will be the closure of the program, where all the trained journalists will be certified for their accomplishment of the workshops and their work with the women leaders This event will be under the patronage of the Minister of...

“Because gender is ’done‘ or constructed, it can also be ’undone‘ or deconstructed” - Francine M. Deutsch Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs Mr. Wael Abou FaourABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality & in partnership with Save the Children International cordially invite you to the launching ceremony of the “Playing for Gender Equality” training Kit* Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. till 12:00 pmVenue: Holiday Inn – Dunes Hotel, Verdun, Beirut Ceremony Program: Welcome speech by ABAAD’s Director – Ms. Ghida Anani Welcome speech by Save...