Gender

Civil Society Review issue 1 - Revisiting Inequalities in Lebanon: the case of the "Syrian refugee crisis" and gender dynamics

The objective of the Civil Society Review is to bring civil society practitioners, experts, activists, and researchers together to develop knowledge, as well as to innovate new tools and practices so as to strengthen Lebanon’s civil society and its voice. The Civil Society Review produces evidence-based research and analysis and disseminates findings and recommendations to promote civic engagement, shape policies, and stimulate debate within civil society spheres in Lebanon.

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Are Sexual Dissidence and Gender Activism Necessarily Linked? Notes from the field on the body

The relevance of the body to gender activism in post-war Lebanon was the focus of recent empirical work I conducted. The body, in addition to encompassing the notions of desire, expression, and self-understanding is also a site of contestation that calls for an analysis that looks beyond taboos, and accounts for power, control, and regulation. The empirical work took into account questions such as, what does it mean to view sexuality as regulation and control, or how does sexuality helps us identify sites of agency and transgression?

محاولة في قراءة الذكورة وإعادة تعريفها

محاولة في قراءة الذكورة وإعادة تعريفها

 

ما هي الذكورة وما هي الذكورية؟

السؤال الأوّل الذي طرحته لنفسي عند بداية كتابة هذا المقال هو: "ماهي الذكورة؟ وكيف نصنّف سلوكيات أو أفعال معيّنة كذكورية او أنثوية؟".

Gender politics in Lebanon and the limits of legal reformism (En-Ar)

It has become common in Lebanon to hear statements such as "men should be asking for their rights," expressed by men through a joke or by waging an endless conversation. Such sentiments were made public by Lebanese MP Ali Ammar, during the parliamentary session on the recent family violence

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