Press Releases

Beirut, Monday, 25 October 2021 - 

The centre’s team is happy to announce that the work and mission undertaken by Lebanon Support, will carry on under the new name of the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action. 

The centre is changing its name so as to better reflect its ongoing work that has been expanding and growing over the past 15 years, in line with its motto of Social Science for change achieved through transformative research and engagement.

Our website is now available on https://socialsciences-centre.org/ 

While the centre was founded, in the aftermath of the Israel July 2006 war...

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Who governs the humanitarian sector?  The answer is often some combination of big donors, the UN system, and the largest international nongovernmental aid agencies.  If these are the actors that govern, then who is being governed?  The answer is often affected populations and national and local agencies.  This pyramid – with a few at the top and many at the bottom – has inspired many calls to reform the sector so that...

The World Bank Group has partnered with Berytech and the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) to provide capacity building in times of crisis for women who want to grow their businesses and enhance their business model, marketing, financing, and networking opportunities, as well as learn how to be resilient in the face of crisis.

THE AIF LAUNCHES ITS NEW ONLINE PLATFORM: A NEW TOOL FOR DISCOVERY, RESEARCH, AND EXPERIMENTATION The redesigned platform provides an increased access to newly digitized collections and features hyper-image tools, online residencies, and a developed search engine.

تُطلق المؤسّسة العربيّة للصّورة منصتها الإلكترونية الجديدة: أداة متطورة لاكتشاف الصور، والأبحاث، والتجارب تُقدم المنصة مجموعات مُرَقمنة لم تُعرض من قبل وتتميّز بأدوات فائقة التفاعل مع الصور، وإقامات فنيّة عبر الإنترنت، ومحرّك بحث متطوّر.

On the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, ABAAD, The National Commission for Lebanese Women, & UN Women, launched the “LifeForLife” campaign. This campaign aims to amend Chapter Seven of the Lebanese Penal Code into a law that maximizes prison sentences to perpetrators of incest rape. More specifically, the call is to amend the law that condemns any offender found guilty of sexual assault of a daughter, sister, granddaughter, nieces or any person of whom he has physical or legal custody with a life sentence in prison.

 

Incest rape is one of the most...