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Lebanon Support is glad to announce the relaunch of The Alternative Academy (AA), its joint initiative with JIBAL and part of its Civil Society Incubator.

The Spring 2020 courses are now open for registration. The Alternative Academy is offering a wide range
of courses, from social and political sciences (anthropology, sociology...) to natural sciences (physics, climatology, entomology…) as well as architecture and arts. They are led by university-level instructors or experienced individuals that are experts in their fields. Courses are accessible for all age groups and backgrounds, are highly...

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...