This study was envisioned by KAFA in partnership with Save the Children Sweden following the encounter with several child sexual abuse victims at the end of the July 2006 war.
The situation for 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is worse now than it has ever been since the start of the Israeli military occupation in 1967.
Helem is the first and only above-ground LGBT organisation in the MENA region. Founded in 2004 and based in Beirut, Lebanon, Helem is a rights-based organisation that focuses on advocating and lobbying for the legal and social rights of people with alternative sexuality.
This paper explores some faces of globalization by using a gender perspective, in order to consider reproduction (psychological and emotional as well as biological) and the activities and attitudes of care that give moral resources for response to systemic tragedy, not only fo
There are no official statistics but there may be more than 40,000 Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Lebanon already hosts some 400,000 Palestinians for whom no durable solution is in sight.
The impetus for this case study arose in the “Advocacy for Reproductive Health” project, funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and implemented by The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH), a non-governmental organizat
A detailed report on ANND’s participation in this forum that covered the issues of neoliberal globalization and human development, women’s rights, geopolitical changes, democracy and public freedoms, cultural dimensions, environment and sustainable development, migration and t
This paper provides a brief overview of what is known about effective strategies for involving men in violence prevention efforts from the perspective of men who are recipients of anti-violence programs as well as from the men who provide them.
This study, prepared by Dr. Ray Jureidini, identifies practices and patterns that are the key causes for women domestic migrant workers' vulnerability in Bahrain and provide alternative approaches for effective means for action.
إن الجمعيات هي العمود الفقري للمجتمع المدني في جميع الدول التي تتمتع بنظام ديمقراطي، وهي بأعدادها الكبيرة ووفرة نشاطاتها، تساهم في لعب أدوار "[محورية] بالتكامل مع مؤسسات الدولة وسلطاتها المختلفة، في عدد كبير من الوظائف والميادين، أبرزها: التطور والتنمية البشرية المستدامة؛ تنمية اهتمام المواطن بالشأن العام، تفعيل طاقة أفرادها وصقلها وتوجيهها وتأمين الديمومة المؤسساتية لها واستقلالها، تعزيز الديمقراطية وثقافتها وتقوية المجتمع المدني."
لكن الجمعيات في لبنان تواجه وضع قانوني مؤسف، بحيث أنها، وبالرغم من الدور الأساسي الذي ما فتئت تلعبه في ظل نظام دستوري وقانوني يتفق إلى حد كبير مع مبدأ حرية...
