Bahithat - Lebanese Association of Women Researchers

Type of organisation: Collective

Goal/Objective: The principal aims of the Association are to bring women researchers into contact with one another, to support and promote the research of its members, to protect their rights, to encourage young women researchers in finding their way, and to provide a forum for intellectual exchange.

Area of focus: Feminist thought and experiences, Gender Equity

Sector of intervention: Awareness raising and sensitisation, Social development

Approach: Research & documentation

Target population: 

Researchers (specifically women researchers), academics, and experts

Title of current projects: 

(1) New volume of Bahithat: Bahithat XVII, 2015-2016 Working Title: The Question of Time in our Era.
(2) The third International Conference on “What a Story: Children’s Literature Today”.
(3) مشروع عين الشباب "مسارات المسرحين الشباب العرب الفكرية والفنية في زمن التحولات "

Funding structure: Membership fees, National funds and grants

Beirut

Name of Organisation: 
Bahithat - Lebanese Association of Women Researchers
Office Type: 
Headquarters
Area: 
Hamra
Floor number: 
2nd Floor
Building: 
Al Zarif (Toufic Tabbara Center)
Street: 
Marry Edde Street (Same street of Toufic Tabbara Center)