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Women's Political Participation in Lebanon and the Limits of Aid-Driven Empowerment

The question of women’s political participation in Lebanon could not be more timely. As of 17 October 2019, nation-wide protests have erupted in response to increasing austerity measures that culminated in a tax on Voice over IP (VoIP) calls, commonly referred to as the “WhatsApp tax.” Calls for a non-sectarian and “non-political” revolution have drawn Lebanese representing nearly every sect, every class, and every gender out into the streets, which led to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri on October 29, 2019. 

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Collective Action digest - 4 February 2020

Collective Actions digest

Author: Nizar Hassan

 4 February 2020

 

Collective Actions trends (2015-2018): 

Collective Action bulletin - Special Issue October 2019 - January 2020-نشرة التحركات الاجتماعية - عدد خاص تشرين الأول ٢٠١٩ - كانون الثاني ٢٠٢٠

What mobilises Lebanon?

Since 17 October 2019, protests have been ongoing in Lebanon in an unprecedented geographic spread, demanding social justice, accountability, and a political and systemic change in the country.
Lebanon Support has been documenting day by day these mobilisations and publishing content in various formats such as infographics, visuals, mapping, charts, trends among others. 

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Socio-economic Rights
Lebanon

What mobilises Lebanon? Focus on socio-economic demands - ما الذي يحرّك لبنان؟ إضاءة على المطالب الاقتصادية والاجتماعية

Protests have been ongoing in Lebanon since October 17 2019, in an unprecedented geographic spread, largely motivated by demands to access socio-economic rights, which are part and parcel of human rights. This infographic visualises these demands, shedding light on the role of civil society actors in mobilising on these issues throughout the years, and in creating and framing rights-based demands and discourses. 

What Mobilises Lebanon? - ما الذي يحرّك لبنان؟

Focus on Socio-Economic Demands

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collective actions
Mobilisations
socio-economic demands
Lebanon

What Mobilises Lebanon? A Look Into Collective Actions from 2017 leading up to October 2019 - ما الذي يحرّك لبنان؟ نظرة على التحركات الاجتماعية من ٢٠١٧ حتّى تشرين الأول ٢٠١٩

On 17 October 2019, numerous protests have taken place across the country, all directly linked to access to socio-economic rights, corruption, and policy grievances. While all these demands may notably be driven by years of neglect of the peripheries, clientelism and patronage, and austerity, they ultimately underline a crisis of political legitimacy and trust, and ought to be read in the context of an increasingly constrained democratic and civic space.

Understanding Social Protection Needs of Workers in the Civil Society Sector - ﻓﻬﻢ اﺣﺘﻴﺎﺟﺎت اﻟﻌﺎﻣﻠﻴﻦ ﻓﻲ ﻗﻄﺎع اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻊ اﻟﻤﺪﻧﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻟﺒﻨﺎن ﻋﻠﻰ ﺻﻌﻴﺪ الحماية الاجتماعيّة

Towards strengthening social rights and security for all.

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Civil Society
Social Protection
Lebanon

Lebanon’s 2018 Election: New measures and the resilience of the Status Quo.

This policy brief explores how—despite widespread citizen frustration—the status quo prevailed. The brief will subject the above paradoxes to greater empirical scrutiny, with particular attention to the performance of new actors. It draws findings from an analysis of election results, participant observation of the campaign period, and focus group interviews conducted before and after the election.

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