There is no true revolution without women, and no true revolution without their liberation! لا ثورة بدون المرأة ولا حرية للمرأة بدون الثورة#لبنان_ينتفض
Tag Archives: Women’s Rights
لبنان متوازن هو لبنان أفضل
خلينا نحتفل بإنجازات النساء ونرفض التمييز ضد المرأة والتحيز وندعم المساواة الجنسانية بالحقوق والفرصInternational Women’s Day – March 8#BalanceforBetter #IWD2019— with Red Lips High Heels and Dr. Pamela Chrabieh
Women Doing Politics in Lebanon
At the Women in Front Conference on Lebanese Female candidates in the 2018 Parliamentary Elections – Challenges and Barriers. اكيد الأبوية المتغلغلة بالمجتمع اللبناني والقوانين والذهنية هي من أهم العوائق للمساواة الجنسانية ولتمكين المرأة في الحياة السياسية. طالما العقلية السائدة هي أن “دور المرأة(فقط) إدارة المنزل”، والجندر “مسألة نسائية” وليس مسألة وطنية، “وعلى المرأة(فقط) انو […]
Women's Rights in the Middle East Today: Law, Religion and Culture – International Conference in Cyprus
I had the honor of participating in this wonderful gathering of scholars, activists and artists working on gender and women’s rights issues in Southwestern Asia and North Africa. Once again, Dar al Kalima University College of Arts and Culture and CAFCAW have succeeded in challenging the intellect and establishing a dialogue between diverse identities and currents. The conference was […]
زواج ميغان ماركل انتصار على الطبقية
انتظرت بعد أن هدأت موجة الحديث عن زفاف الأمير هاري والعروس ميغان ماركل؛ لأتحدث بكل صراحة عن أهم النقاط؛ التي تغافل عنها البعض، وبداْ أكثر اهتماماً بمن كان من بين الحضور. يعد هذا الزفاف بمثابة نقلة في البلاط الملكي بل ورسالة تعايش نحن في أشد الحاجة لها الآن. غالباً ما تكون الروايات من نسج الخيال؛ […]
Never give up your right: a story of domestic violence, sexual abuse and daily struggle
Today is international women’s day. It’s 4 in the morning and I can’t sleep. Ironic. I was born at 4 o’clock in the morning. I was born a girl. If I only knew then what I was going to go through in my life, I would have wished myself not to be born at all. […]
My story with Arranged Marriages
“I never knew that I would be able to write about my experience as a woman of this community. I’m here today because of it, I’m here because it has made me who I am today: a woman trying to embody the ideals of both the West and East, a constant struggle, a constant obstacle- […]
Happy International Women's Day from Red Lips High Heels
I woke up a Girl!
Today I woke up a Girl, I began my daily routine as usual; I cleaned up, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, I got dressed, and drove to the Campus. On my way there, a billboard on domestic violence caught my attention. Will a paper, or a law, solve the sexual discrimination issues? Well at […]
Women's Rights in Lebanon: Illusion or Reality?
Abusive partners, marital rape, domestic violence, does it sound familiar? Recently, media is covering even more of these tragedies that are affecting Lebanese women on a daily basis. Unfortunately, laws that protect women’s rights are out of question in this country due to several reasons: financial, social, and religious Many Lebanese women are housekeepers. They […]