With the rise of new technologies and political, social and economic shifts, new models of non-normative intimate, sexual and maternal relations are emerging in the south of the Mediterranean. Whether related to birth control practices such as abortion, contraception etc. or to the practices of b...
The following study is a first attempt to explore and better understand the demand for prostitution in Lebanon where little has been written on this critical component of the prostitution industry. Studies on male buyers of sexual acts are not only rare, but when they exist, they often ...
This paper examines migrant domestic labor in the Middle East, with an emphasis on Lebanon as a case study. Lebanon has caught the spotlight for mistreating women migrant domestic workers in the Middle East, and this research focuses on the different factors that contribute to that mist...
This study aims to identify the problems of women who are refugees or displacement due to conflicts in the Arab countries, through field research in camps and residential communities for Syrian refugees and displaced women in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The study is based on interv...
L’objectif de ce guide est de sensibiliser et de diffuser les connaissances sur le concept de traite des êtres humains; renforcer la culture contre la traite des personnes; et développer un sens de la responsabilité pour chaque individu dans la société ...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Lebanese judiciary has witnessed an increase in the proportion of female judges out of the total number of judges. At the time, some judicial officials and the Ministry of Justice expressed concern about the feminization of the judiciary and sometim...
Lebanon provides a refuge for many women and teenagers driven away from neighbouring countries by wars and conflicts, as well as some who have come from other countries seeking better economic conditions. Trafficking and prostitution are exacerbated in a context of unemployment and inse...
In recent years, conflicts and wars have continued to drag the civilian population into the most extreme forms of violence, and women are directly affected by these human tragedies. "Traditionally, war is seen as an event that concerns only men - most often alone to bear arms and ...
This research examines sexual violence against women through the presentation and analysis of direct testimonies of 50 female victims who were exposed to violence that was committed against them in the dark by individuals and institutions. The family (as the first social institution) is...
In this article, Lebanese writer Nelly Jazra reminds us of a few chapters of the history of the feminist movement in Lebanon at the beginning of the last century, highlighting the experience of Anbara Salam al-Khalidi, one of the pioneers of women’s emancipation in Lebanon. The wr...
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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