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Findings in the "Analysis on Stunting Among Syrian Refugee Children" showed that risk factors perceived to be contributing to stunting levels among Syrian refugee children included those at the individual and household level with poor maternal nutrition, household food insecurity and inadequate complementary feeding practices as the factors perceived to be contributing the most to stunting among Syrian children. On the other hand, at the institutional and community level, market food prices, poverty, income, employment and livelihoods were the factors perceived to be contributing the most to...

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS This policy brief examined the complex trajectories and mechanisms of the intervention deployed in the aftermath of the explosion raising questions of fairness and equality to the forefront of the humanitarian regime in Lebanon. Based on results yielded from fieldwork, we recommend the following: Launching a consortium of CSOs, fourth sector civil society, and government representatives in order to set out a coordination scheme among humanitarian players for future crises. CSOs, fourth sector organizations in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs are...

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؟

يهدف هذا البحث العمليّ المنحى إلى إعلام الممارِسين وصانعي القرار بشأن وضع الحماية الاجتماعيّة واحتياجاتها والثغرات الموجودة فيها، وذلك بالنسبة إلى العاملين في قطاع المجتمع المدنيّ. يقدّم هذا البحث توصيات مستهدَفة تهدف إلى تعزيز وصول العاملين في قطاع المجتمع المدنيّ إلى الحماية الاجتماعيّة، كما تستهدف الدولة، جماعة المانحين والمنظّمات غير الحكوميّة الدّولية، والمنظّمات غير الحكوميّة المحليّة.

This action-oriented research aims to inform practitioners and decision makers on social protection status, needs and gaps of workers in the civil society sector. It formulates targeted recommendations that aim at enhancing access to civil society workers to social protection, and that target the Lebanese state, the donor community and international NGOs, and local NGOs.

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...

More than a decade after the United Nations’ adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which is adopted by many countries including Lebanon, these countries returned in 2015 to commit themselves to achieve gender equality and t

UNFPA on behalf of UNDP and UN Women organized a national workshop on gender-related laws, policies and practices in Lebanon, which was held in Beirut on the 7th and 8th of August, 2018.

This research study presents the main finding of marginalization and exploitation processes related to Palestinian youth in Lebanon. The study was conducted between 2016-2017 in all over Lebanon including Palestinian camps and gatherings. Quantitative facts about the topic are well documented in the study. The methodology was based on three forms of data collection: desktop review, focus groups and in depth interviews with Palestinian youth and stakeholders.

The research is divided into three main chapters:

‘“No future” for Palestinian youth in Lebanon?’ is the first chapter of the report...

Today, women in Lebanon are fighting for equal access to opportunities and rights without prejudice against their gender, their expectations and their careers.

This study maps the current state of gender justice in the Arab region, documenting barriers as well as opportunities. Its primary research aim is to determine how to develop an environment, at the legal, policy, and social levels that is conducive to gender justice.

The goal of this study is to measure the impact of the legal status policy on refugee vulnerability and to assess the extent of refugee resilience.

This report introduces the conflict context in the coastal Chouf area, a semi-urban area connecting the capital Beirut to Sidon in the south, the country’s third largest city.

Although Lebanon is sometimes considered as the only democratic country in the Arab region with a free political environment and electoral system, the situation of women has not been strengthened enough for them to have a role on an equal footing with men. Lebanese women form a majority of 53% and they are actively participating in all aspects of Lebanese society. They enjoy equal constitutional rights with men and have the right to vote, hold public office, elect and be elected in municipal councils. Yet, this diagnosis, elaborated by the Committee for the Follow-Up on Women’s Issues (CFUWI)...

The Syrian observer in Lebanon is studying the situation of human rights of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, supported by the Arab Human Rights Fund www.ahrfund.org and it is a one year project starting in January 2016. The number of Syrian refugees according to United Nations statistics is 400 thousand refugees, the focus in this report is on Saad Naiel area in Middle Beqaa.

www.ahrfund.org الراصد السوري في لبنان يدرس حالة حقوق اإلنسان لالجئين السوريين في منطقة البقاع في لبنان، بدعم من الصندوق العربي لحقوق اإلنسان   وهو مشروع لمدة سنة حيث يقدر عدد الالجئين السوريين ب 400 ألف الجئ حسب احصاءات االمم المتحدة وتم التركيز في هذه التقرير في منطقة سعد نايل في البقاع االوسط

The Syrian observer in Lebanon is studying the situation of human rights of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, supported by the Arab Human Rights Fund www.ahrfund.org and it is a one year project starting in January 2016. The number of Syrian refugees according to United Nations statistics is 400 thousand refugees, the focus in this report is on Saad Naiel area in Middle Beqaa.

www.ahrfund.org الراصد السوري في لبنان يدرس حالة حقوق اإلنسان لالجئين السوريين في منطقة البقاع في لبنان، بدعم من الصندوق العربي لحقوق اإلنسان   وهو مشروع لمدة سنة حيث يقدر عدد الالجئين السوريين ب 400 ألف الجئ حسب احصاءات االمم المتحدة وتم التركيز في هذه التقرير في منطقة سعد نايل في البقاع االوسط

The Syrian observer in Lebanon is studying the situation of human rights of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, supported by the Arab Human Rights Fund www.ahrfund.org and it is a one year project starting in January 2016. The number of Syrian refugees according to United Nations statistics is 400 thousand refugees, the focus in this report is on Saad Naiel area in Middle Beqaa.

www.ahrfund.org الراصد السوري في لبنان يدرس حالة حقوق اإلنسان لالجئين السوريين في منطقة البقاع في لبنان، بدعم من الصندوق العربي لحقوق اإلنسان   وهو مشروع لمدة سنة حيث يقدر عدد الالجئين السوريين ب 400 ألف الجئ حسب احصاءات االمم المتحدة وتم التركيز في هذه التقرير في منطقة سعد نايل في البقاع االوسط