Feminist Attempts
Resources & Tools
Three Vacancies at the ILO for the Migrant Domestic Worker Project
Jun 20th
ILO in Lebanon is hiring for the Project: Action Programme for Protecting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers (WMDWs) in Lebanon. Below are links to the vacanies. The deadline is July 4.
New Resource: Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
Jun 16th
Here’s another new resource I came across following my discovery of the Legal Agenda last month. The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies has launched a newsletter
which will serve as a regular mean of communicating LCPS policy research activities and outputs. In each issue, we will provide our readers with a brief synopsis More >
New Resource: The Legal Agenda
May 24th
Lawyer Nizar Saghieh and his team have launched a great new resource: the Legal Agenda (Al Moufakkira Al Qanouniyya), which is a monthly publication that carries the philosophy “Don’t leave the law to the legal people.”
You can check out Issue 0 here. Their website is coming soon.
More >Strategising Online Activism: A Toolkit
May 21st
A new resource from Violence is Not our Culture, this toolkit was inspired by the workshops held in Asia and Africa for the partners and members of the Violence is not our Culture (VNC) campaign. While this toolkit has been designed primarily for the local partners and activists of the More >
A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter in Lebanon
Jan 22nd
So you’re interested in Twitter. Welcome. Here is a guide to help you through your first couple of weeks. It will seem odd and pointless at the beginning but I promise you it’s worth it.
BasicsFirst, register an account. Pick a cool username but keep it short. You will one day More >
Appreciation Exercises Are Great for Collective Work
May 19th
This post was originally published on the Young Feminist Wire here.
I spent the last weekend at an inspiring feminist retreat here in Lebanon where a group of 15 young feminists got together to evaluate and strategize their collective work. The group was diverse in its age range from early 20s More >
This is What a Feminist Meeting Looks Like
Apr 28th
Today, a bunch of us arrived in Cairo, Egypt in preparation for our meeting to design and launch a network of peer support for young feminists in the Arab world. Exciting!
I have big hopes set for this meeting (organized and led by women under 30) and for a new wave More >
Arab Women Techies Meeting
Apr 14th
Friends, Arab Techies & SMEX have teamed up to host a meeting in Lebanon on May 11 – May 15. The objective is for women techies to meet up, exchange skills & ideas, discuss collaborations, talk about tech from a gender perspective, and network. I met with @jessdheere last week and More >
