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.
يقدم هذا الكتاب، بالنص والصورة، شهادة صادقة عن الكارثة السورية.
في روايات الأمهات المتضمنة في الكتاب ينضح الألم من بين السطور. ومن صورهن تلمع بارقة الأمل بالسلام رغم الحزن المقيم.
ويأتي هذا الكتاب تتويجاً لمشروع استمر لأكثر من سنة قام خلاله عدد من أعضاء الرابطة وأصدقائها بلقاء عشرات الأمهات السوريات على اتساع رقعة تواجدهن في سورية، وفي مخيمات اللاجئين في لبنان، فجمعوا شهاداتهن عن مآسيهن وعذاباتهن خلال سنوات الجحيم الخمس الماضية. كما قاموا بتصوير الأمهات، إلا من اعتذرت عن ذلك لسبب أو آخر.
”أمهات سوريات“، شهادة عن الذاكرة الكليمة والأمل المتسامي على الموت.
The articles gathered in this dossier offer insights, based on case studies, into the transformation of the “associative sector” in Lebanon, a sector generally seen to be at the core of an increasingly active civil society.
In light of recent proposals for legislation againsts sexual harassment (SH) in Lebanon, this policy brief explores the subject of SH in public, institu
This Policy Brief is based on research that explored the process of establishing and implementing Law 293, and on a policy dialogue that took place at the Institute on March 8, 2017 t
This policy brief outlines options for strengthening rule of law in Lebanon to improve access to justice for both Lebanese citizens and Syrian refugees.
The 2015 Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) Report highlights that in 2013, 147 countries received humanitarian assistance, with countries from the Arab region, particularly those affected by the Syrian crisis, being the highest beneficiaries of aid.
The population shift from Syria, as a result of the Syrian Crisis, is causing enormous pressure on host communities and exacerbating instability factors.
In recent years, the “sponsorship system” (kafala) in Lebanon and in other countries in the region has been identified as a core problem leading to the exploitation and abuse of migrant domestic workers.
Around the world, gender-based violence (GBV) reflects and reinforces inequalities between men and women. It is entrenched by power relations and control, cultures of silence and denial, political and cultural apathy, and affects men and women throughout their lives.
An overview of the state of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon throughout history, that covers the political make up of the refugee camps, the impact of the July 2006 war on the Palestinian refugees, the refugees' rights and legal status, and the local and international NGOs work
None of the English-language literature on the civil war in particular, or Lebanon in general, emphasizes civil society and public sphere theory in analyzing the historical and social forces which informed the emergence of modern Lebanon, and gave rise to and sustained the civ
