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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...

إنطلاقاً من توجيهات سمو الشيخة فاطمة بنت مبارك – الرئيس الأعلى لمؤسسة التنمية الأسرية باطلاق الدورة السادسة لبرنامج سمو الشيخة فاطمة بنت مبارك للتميز والذكاء المجتمعي 2021-2022 برئاسة سمو الشيخ ذياب بن محمد بن زايد آل نهيان تم إنشاء مؤسسة التنمية الأسرية في إمارة أبو ظبي عام 2006 وتتمحور أعمالها حول المساهمة في وضع الاستراتيجيات في مجال الأسرة والمرأة والطفل والإشراف على تنفيذها.

The World Humanitarian Summit(WHS) consultation process opened the space for voices of local and national actors about their experience of the global humanitarian system and its impact locally. As part of the preparations for the WHS in 2016, the High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing sought solutions to close the humanitarian financing gap. Their report made recommendations to shrink the needs, deepen and broaden the resource base for humanitarian action, and to improve delivery.

أتاحت المشاورات في مؤتمر القمة العالمي للعمل الإنساني (WHS) المجال لسماع أصوات الجهات الفاعلة المحلية والوطنية حول تجاربهم بالنظام الإنساني العالمي وتأثيره المحلي عليهم. وكجزء من الاستعدادات لمؤتمر القمة العالمي للعمل الإنساني في عام 2016، سعى فريق الخبراء رفيع المستوى المعني بتمويل الشؤون الإنسانية إلى تحديد سبل لسد فجوة التمويل الإنساني. وقدّم تقرير الفريق توصيات لتقليص الاحتياجات، وتعميق وتوسيع قاعدة الموارد للعمل الإنساني، وتحسين التسليم.

هذا كتابنا اليكم بصفتنا تجمعا لخبراء في الحماية الاجتماعية، في ما يتعلق بإتفاقية القرض الأخيرة المخصصة لبرنامج شبكات الأمان الطارئ في لبنان ESSN.

Members of the Collective of Social Protection Experts, are writing to the World Bank concerning the latest agreement on a loan for the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN).

The Covid19 pandemic has extensively and adversely impacted the aid architecture, at a time when the lifesaving assistance to population facing natural disasters or protracted crises is most needed. Local organisations are facing further marginalisation at a time when they are at the forefront of the response, be it Covid19 health response or economic or other crises caused during this period.

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.

In light of our previous statements that have repeatedly voiced the importance and urgency of universal social protection, we, the collective of social protection experts, maintain that subsidisation or de-subsidisation are not the solutions for addressing long lasting inequality and inequity in the country. In the current crises that Lebanon is witnessing, we reiterate the urgency to enact a comprehensive universal social protection framework, based on a social contract, and guaranteeing protection for all during their life-cycle.

Berytech has announced that applications for batch four (4) of its Agrytech Accelerator Program are now open, and that the program’s team has worked with multiple stakeholders in the agri-food sector to identify real-life challenges that need immediate innovative solutions.

A story about *Amira: "I dream to be a student and to learn how to read and write.” Written by: Nawal Mdallaly, Director of Sawa For Development Association - Lebanon

Meseret, Ethiopian migrant domestic worker in Lebanon

Thursday 8th October, Beirut International human rights NGO Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) has launched a ground-breaking slavery case in Lebanon. LAW represents Meseret, a 38-year-old migrant domestic worker who was kept as a slave in a Beirut apartment for seven years until 2019. She was locked inside the home without payment and subject to serious abuse and neglect. “Whenever I asked about my salary, my employer beat me,” Meseret says, now from her home in Ethiopia. Today, LAW has filed a case on her behalf in the Lebanese Criminal Court...

Known for its unwavering help, Charity Donation always takes the lead aiding needy especially in uncertain times with its ongoing year-long Help Campaigns. This press release compiles all the campaigns and donations done by Charity Donation during the months of July and August.

This project intends to increase access of paediatric palliative care services to 300 children and teenagers in the rural communities in Jubek state of South Sudan where paediatric and youth health care services are limited. This will be achieved through providing holistic palliative care services to patients and their families aimed at improving quality of life. This project will ensure that children have access to essentials drugs, basic care, play therapy and investigations at New site Health Centre, home and hospital visits and outreach program in communities. The project will also...

BEIRUT: From an online Lebanese movement to a local NGO, We Are Lebanon promptly launched the “We Are Lebanon Diaspora Network” project to colligate Lebanese citizenry from all around the world.

The Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP) celebrates with pride the achievements of local heroes. On World Humanitarian Day 2020, we pay tribute to the many local heroes in the many local organisations that responded quickly, and often at great personal risk, to the impacts of COVID-19 and the lockdown measures to control its spread.

استذكر المركز الدولي للملكية الفكرية والدراسات الحقوقية فِكر المُبدع زكي ناصيف الذي ترك ارثاً فنياً ثقافياً شاسعاً يستمر مع الأزمان والأحلام وشدد المركز على أهمية الحفاظ على هذا الارث بكافة مكوناته

غاب السعيد وظل العقل في ابداعاته وكلماته وعباراته السابحة في عالم التألق والتميز والانبهار الخلقي..رحل سعيد عقل بالجسد تاركاً لمساته الخالدة كأرز لبنان الشامخ أبدا وحلمه بلبنان المقدس

The signatory organizations call for action to protect migrant workers as 13 migrant workers reported that their rights have been violated at Caritas Lebanon shelter.

قررت 13 عاملة إثيوبية في 22 حزيران مغادرة ملجأ كاريتاس لبنان الذي نقلتهنّ إليه وزارة العمل من أمام قنصلية بلادهنّ حيث تُركن في أيار وحزيران 2020. وأحالت العاملات السبب إلى تعرّضهنّ لانتهاكات في حقوقهنّ. 

وأعلنت وزارة العمل أنها سوف تجري التحقيقات اللازمة في هذه القضية وتلاحق أي موظِّفين أو موظفات يثبت ارتكابهم/نّ انتهاكات.

وبعد مغادرتهنّ الملجأ، قابلت حركة مناهضة العنصرية والمركز اللبناني لحقوق الإنسان العاملات الأجنبيات اللواتي أفدن بأنهنّ احتجزن منذ 5 حزيران من دون إعطائهنّ أية معلومات عن وضعهنّ ومصيرهنّ. كما أنهنّ كنّ محتجزات في الملجأ طوال الوقت ولم يحصلن إلّا على الطعام ومكان للنوم ولم يسمح...