Lebanon

Crisis and Retirement: Elderly in the Public Sector are struggling to secure their needs

Social Insurance in Lebanon accounts for the highest share of Social Protection related expenditures (85% of the total spending – as per the 2019 budget); pensions alone accounted for approximately 3% of the GDP in 2020 and benefited only 2% of the population (World Bank, 2022). Moreover, the pension system in Lebanon covers only civil servants and military personnel, which correspond to less than 10% of the active population (World Bank, 2022).

Aging in Times of Crisis: Old Age Private Sector Workers Facing Growing Social Insecurity in Lebanon

Samir, a 72-year-old taxi driver, has been working 7 days a week for the past two years to be able to afford basic living expenses. He parks his car under the shade of a tree where he takes a nap, it keeps him going until nighttime, “I want to live with dignity and I will work until my last breath to make sure of it.”[1]

[لبنان] النشرة الفصلية عن الفضاء المدني، نيسان/أبريل – حزيران/يونيو ٢٠٢٢

[لبنان] النشرة الفصلية عن الفضاء المدني، نيسان/أبريل – حزيران/يونيو ٢٠٢٢

الحرّيات المدنية مُهدَّدة

النشرة الفصلية عن الفضاء المدني. نشرة دورية صادرة عن مرصد المجتمع المدني التابع لمركز العلوم الاجتماعية للأبحاث التطبيقية.

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[Lebanon] Civic Space Quarterly, April 2022-June 2022

[Lebanon] Civic Space Quarterly, April-June 2022

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Extended Arenas of “Hirak”: Anti-Sectarian Electoral Contestation in Students and Syndicates’ Elections

Introduction

With the culmination of the “October Revolution” in 2019, Lebanon witnessed the rise of anti-sectarian independent groups competing in (university) students and syndicates elections against the traditional political parties. Their electoral victories brought about hope in the challenging of the entrenched sectarian political system, but more significantly, was utilized as a predictor to power shifts in the May 2022 parliamentary elections.

[لبنان] النشرة الفصلية عن الفضاء المدني، تشرين الأوّل/أكتوبر ٢٠٢١ – آذار/مارس ٢٠٢٢

 
لبنان | النشرة الفصلية عن الفضاء المدني، تشرين الأوّل/أكتوبر ٢٠٢١ – آذار/مارس ٢٠٢٢

نظرة على التقلُّص المتزايد للفضاء المدني

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[Lebanon] Civic Space Quarterly, October 2021-March 2022

 

[Lebanon] Civic Space Quarterly, October 2021-March 2022

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Social Protection and organized labor in Lebanon: a history of contention | February, 2022-الحماية الإجتماعية والعمل المنظم في لبنان: تاريخ نزاعات | شباط/فبراير، ٢٠٢٢

Timeline of Social Protection in Lebanon

Timeline | Social Protection | Lebanon

  

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CSOs’ civic and operational space in Lebanon during lockdown | June 2021-تأثير الإغلاق العام على الفضاء المدني والعملاني لمنظمات المجتمع المدني في لبنان | حزيران ٢٠٢١

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