Resources

This policy brief was developed as a deliverable in the project “Fair Game: Theatre of the Oppressed for Youth Empowerment” funded by the European Union. It tackles the topic of bullying in schools and offers recommendations drawn from the field experience in Lebanon that focused on the methodology of Legislative Theatre to raise awareness on bullying in schools and advocate for better policies.

This project aims to (1) bring statistical transparency to youth’s opinions, attitudes, feelings, and perceptions about social, cultural, political, and familial freedom of speech barriers within our society, and find what activities facilitate youth’s freedom of speech; (2) create discussion and widespread accountability by engaging the online and offline community, institutional stakeholders, and youth though an advocacy Call to Action based on our research findings, and (3) provide evidence that creative civic spaces are an integral part of our community and change negative attitudes...

We Rise through Art is a handbook produced under the project with the same title in response to Beirut's explosion, highlighting activities and tools that can be adopted by trainers, coaches and facilitators with pre-adolescents and children under arts, sports and recreation.

The infographic [Shrinking space, constraints, and fragmentation: Lebanon CSOs civic & operational space during the lockdown of January-March2021] provides an overview of civic space and CSOs operational space in Lebanon during the Covid 19 related lockdown and state of emergency between January and March 2021. It shows that, although local civil society organisations and initiatives are the main responders on the ground, they have faced many limitations and restrictions, which have affected their impact. Data shows that interventions have overlooked some regions and specific groups. It also...

يعرض هذا الرسم البياني لمحةً عن الفضاء المدني وعن الفضاء العملاني للمنظمات غير الحكومية في لبنان أثناء الإغلاق المتعلق بكوفيد 19 في لبنان وحالة الطوارئ بين كانون الثاني وآذار ٢٠٢١. وهو يظهِر أنّ منظمات المجتمع المدني والمبادرات المحلية واجهت تحدّيات وقيود عدّة أعاقت تأثيرها، على الرغم من أنّها المستجيبة الرئيسية على الأرض. وفقًا للبيانات، فقد أغفلت التدخلات بعض المناطق ومجموعاتٍ محددة. كما تلقي البيانات الضوء على القيود الرئيسية التي تواجهها المنظمات غير الحكومية، وكذلك على التوصيات الرئيسية التي اقترحها المشاركون/ات بهدف التصدي للتحدّيات، كتعزيز التنسيق بين منظمات المجتمع المدني. أخيراً،...

Beirut Explosion: Greatest Tragedies Come With Greatest Acts of Kindness. Youth from a Sports and Youth Association (Chabibeh Sporting Club) become volunteers and share stories of compassion and pain mixed together to shed light on the darkest hour of their country.

Masar Association's  Annual Report for 2020 presents a summary of Masar’s activities over the past year, including profile, programmes, projects implemented, success stories, as well as partners and donors.

We Play for Peace is a handbook produced under the project with the same title highlighting activities and tools that can be adopted by trainers, coaches and facilitators with pre-adolescents and children under arts, sports and recreation.

Heartbeat's Annual report. Discover how in 2018 we helped save more than 300 children born with heart disease.

The toolbox is intended as an open learning resource for youth workers that are engaged in community work with young refugees, asylum seekers and young people with migration background. Specifically: project managers, community leaders, educators, facilitators, social workers, intercultural mediators that are interested to improve their ability in the social inclusion of excluded groups. The toolbox could also be used in formal settings such as schools, colleges and universities addressing development challenges as well as for project managers and experts engaged in the design and...

This document is the outcome of a workshop done during the Erasmus Plus training "Influence Youth". The workshop was about the topic of teamwork, specifically the challenges faced when working with a team of volunteers and how to overcome it. The participants of the workshop talked about their challenges and possible interventions were shared also by participants based on their experience working in this field. The document includes the information shared by the participants in this workshop.

هل تغيّرت، أو تخلخلت، الصورة النمطية للمرأة في الواقع الراهن في سورية؟ هذا هو السؤال المؤسس لهذه الدراسة التي تسعى فيها الباحثة لرصد تحولات المكانة الاجتماعية للمرأة من خلال متابعتها لمدى المشاركة النسوية في الحياة العامة، في سورية. تركز الباحثة على فترة الأزمة الحالية متسائلة «هل يمكن أن يشكل انخراط المرأة السورية في الأزمة، موالاةً أو معارضة، معبراً إلى إنجاز بقية حقوقها... أم يزيد من معاناتها؟

Youths in Lebanon have generally been studied through the lens of emigration and unemployment.

يتشرف مركز دعم لبنان، بالشراكة مع السفارة السويسرية - مكتب التعاون السويسري في لبنان، بدعوتكم لحضور أول معرض المانحين، تمكين المبادرات التي يقودها الشباب من أجل تحقيق أهدافهم

Lebanon Support, in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland - Cooperation Office in Lebanon, is pleased to invite you to the first Funders’ Fair, Enabling Youth-Led Initiatives to Achieve Their Mission

This package includes 3 maps pertaining to Lebanon's 2009 elections: - "confessional-distrib": showing the confessional geographic distribution of Lebanon's population - "election-results": showing the election results in West Bekaa/Rashaya and Metn areas. - "results&voters": showing the sectarian representation of parliamentary seats across Lebanon, the percentage of voters per electoral district, election results, and deputy representation per number of voters

MOSAIC had the pleasure and privilege to speak with activist Gopi Shankar Madurai moments after the Supreme Court in India decriminalized Section 377 of the Penal Code.

Lebanon may witness a remarkable rise in the number of women serving in Parliament come May 2018 due to initiatives from women’s groups, “civil society” activists, and the substantial number of female candidates – 113 at the start of the election period. However, as this briefing paper shows, Lebanese women continue to face numerous challenges in entering government. The new electoral law passed in June 2017 does not provide women with equal opportunity to be elected, and it is yet to be seen whether it will increase female representation in Parliament. Nevertheless, the historic number of...

Working Paper | February 2014
The Dilemma of Human Rights In Lebanese Electoral Laws by Elie Al-Hindy
This study concludes with a number of recommendations with respect to the issues that need to be introduced to the debate and that can strengthen advocacy efforts by the different stakeholders involved. Reflecting on all of the above, and in light of the current political realities in Lebanon, including present sectarian demographics and political structure, the study concludes that the standards imposed on the new electoral law is impossible to meet, as no law, which this study has reviewed...

For the first time in nine years the Lebanese political scene is mobilising for elections.