Examining State-Based Disinformation Campaigns During Times of Crises
A report on state sponsored disinformation in times of crisis and shock in Brazil and Lebanon.
Justice for me is living free and as a human being" - An Analytical Study of Access to Justice for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence case of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
The aim of the study is to understand the pathways that Syrian refugee women utilise to access justice for SGBV cases in Lebanon, both in the state legal and judicial system (formal) and within community-based mechanisms (informal). Focus is given to unpacking the informal justice landscape for Syrian refugee communities, given the limited concrete documentation of community-based dispute resolutions and related practices specifically for SGBV issues. The report suggests short-term and long-term interventions to improve justice mechanisms in Lebanon and includes recommendations for humanitarian and development stakeholders to mitigate risks and maximise positive outcomes for survivors seeking justice.
The Sorrow Remains Inside - full report
This report is developed by ABAAD in coordination with The Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University. It provides a better understanding of mental health among adult women survivors of GBV in Lebanon, in order to increase awareness among the affected population and health/service providers about how these issues are related, and support better referral pathways as well as access to and quality of services and policies.
The Sorrow Remains Inside - Executive Summary
Executive Summary - This report is developed by ABAAD in coordination with The Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University. It provides a better understanding of mental health among adult women survivors of GBV in Lebanon, in order to increase awareness among the affected population and health/service providers about how these issues are related, and support better referral pathways as well as access to and quality of services and policies.
Baseline study: “Toward a Gender-Equitable Society” Project
This report captures findings from the baseline study of the project “Toward a Gender-Equitable Society” implemented by Search for Common Ground (Search) and ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality (ABAAD). The expected impact of the project is to “contribute to an enabling environment in which social norms around gender-based violence (GBV) will be shifted and access to safe and quality prevention and response services will be increased.”
CALL TO ACTION on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a terrible effect on women’s and girls’ rights, health, and protection. However, the pandemic has also highlighted the critical role that local women-led and women’s rights organizations play—including as service providers. In 2020, partners of the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies (Call to Action) came together to address this shadow pandemic and develop a new Road Map for 2021–2025, with a much stronger focus on localization. The Road Map was launched on the margins of the 2020 United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
ABAAD is an active member of the Call to Action Steering Committee 2021.
Annual Report 2020
In a year like no other, as the world faced a global
pandemic, Lebanon was struggling with overlapping
crises. Between the spread of the COVID-19 virus at
alarming rates and the devastating explosion in
Beirut killing more than 200 people, the situation in
Lebanon has pushed tens of thousands people into
poverty. With growing financial uncertainties,
heightened tensions in households and disruption of
life-saving services amidst lockdown, risks of genderbased
violence were exacerbated.
Strengthening Socio-Economic Services in Emergency Shelters in Lebanon
This learning and recommendation report on how to approach livelihood for gender-based violence survivors benefiting from emergency safe sheltering programs. Analysis and recommendations are based on the identification of best practices and lessons learned from survivors themselves, professionals working in shelters in Lebanon, along with other actors providing protection and livelihood services.
This document prepared by ABAAD has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP II).
Case studies on Engaging with religious actors on gender inequality and gender-based violence
This publication, entitled ‘Engaging with Religious Actors on Gender Inequality and Gender-Based Violence’, was developed with the financial support of the European Union. It combines a map of 5 Practices, and ABAAD’s perspectives in working with religious actors to prevent and end Violence Against Women and Girls and discussion around: Why work and engage with religious actors? What were the outcomes and the challenges and how did we respond?
The publication includes Key lessons learnt by ABAAD and its partner organizations Prevention+ in addition to experiences from House Of Sarah, SafFAids, Episcopal Relief & Development and others.
COVID-19 Lockdown and the Increased Violence Against Women: Understanding Domestic Violence During a Pandemic.
This article speculates how different factors contribute to violence against women worldwide, with some focus on Lebanon. Violence types addressed in this study will be domestic violence and intimate partner violence.
Boyhood and Masculinities in Lebanon and the MENA Region || الفتوّة ومفاهيم الرجولة
Evidence shows that men and boys with more rigid views on masculinity, or “what it means to be a man,” are more likely to use violence against women and girls, and engaging in other harmful behaviors
تُظهــر الأدلــة إن الرجــال والفتيــان ذوي الآراء المتشــددة عــن الرجوليــة، أو “عن معنى ان تكون رجلاً" يُحتمــل أن يلجـأوا إلــى اســتخدام العنــف ضــد النســاء والفتيــات أكثــر، إضافــة إلــى اتّبــاع ســلوكيات مضــرة أخــرى كتعاطــي المخــدرات وإســاءة اســتعمال المشــروبات الكحوليــة. وعــدم المســاواة فــي الســلطة هــذا، يــؤدي أيضــاً إلــى بلــوغ العنــف درجــات مخيفــة جــداً وعلــى مــدى أجيــال، بحيــث لا يمــارَ س علــى يــد رجــال ضــد نســاء فحســب، بــل أيضــاً علــى يــد رجــال ضــد رجــال آخريــن.
برنامج رَ (٢٠٢١)
ايماناً منا بأهمية دور الرجال والفتيان في الوقاية والحد مــن العنــف ضــد النســاء والفتيــات وضــروة إشــراكهم بشــكل فعــال فــي قضايــا الصحــة والحقــوق الجنســية والإنجابيــة، والتركيــز علــى كيفيــة تداخــل الصحــة والحقــوق الجنســية والإنجابيــة مــع النــوع لإجتماعــي وحقــوق المرأة، حيــث أن عــدم المســاواة الجندريــة ليســت عامــل الضعــف الرئيســي المتعلّق بالصحة والحقوق الجنســية والإنجابية للنســاء والفتيــات فقــط، بــل إنّ المعاييــر الجندريــة تؤثّـر فــي صنــع القــررا وبالتالــي فــي تحديــد القــدرة علــى الوصــول إلــى الصحــة الجنســية والإنجابيــة
Actions Coalitions : A Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality
During the Generation Equality Forum that ended March 31, each Action Coalition launched a blueprint for concrete and ambitious actions that would accelerate change towards equality. You can find the commitments and actions of all the Action Coalitions outcomes in this Executive Summary Report.
Best Practices Texting & Messaging with Survivors during COVID-19
In light of the need to adapt service-delivery modalities regarding the COVID-19, ABAAD– Resource Center for Gender Equality, recommends the following best practices when agencies and other aid-providers (including community-based organizations) rely on text messaging and other messaging platforms to communicate with survivors or women & girls at-risk of gender-based violence (GBV).
Shelters for Women Survivors of Violence: Availability and Accessibility in the Arab Region
A new study examining the importance, as well as the availability and accessibility, of shelters in the Arab region
This study, produced by ESCWA, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund – Regional Office for Arab States (UNFPA-ROAS), Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) and ABAAD Resource Centre for Gender Equality (ABAAD), provides a nuanced understanding of the relationship between overall national legal frameworks and the daily operation of shelters. It is based on a mixed methods approach with the primary component being a desk review, complemented by two questionnaires sent to civil society organizations and to National Women’s Machineries.
الوثيقة اللبنانية الثالثة لإلغاء التمييز ضد المرأة
تهدف هذه الوثيقة الى كشف التمييز الواضح بحق النساء الذي لا يزال يخترق الكثير من القوانين ويعيق تحقيق المساواة والمساعدة في تحديد أولويات العمل للمنظمات الحقوقية والحركات النسائية من اجل الوصول إلى المساواة.
تم إعداد هذه الوثيقة بمساهمة من منظمة أبعاد.
ABAAD NCA - Rapid GBV Assessment Syria Report
This report comes as an annexure to the “GBV Rapid Assessment in Syria1,” also conducted by NCA, ABAAD, and GOPA-DERD in December 2018 and published in January 2019. Following secondary data review and informal field surveys with experts working on the ground, it was concluded that there were no noteworthy changes throughout the majority of Syrian governorates; findings from the “GBV Rapid Assessment” remained largely relevant, except in NES, where the latest developments resulted in numerous contextual changes.
Digital Activism and the Feminist Movement
There have been countless debates over the efficiency of data activism, in the sphere of feminism as well as for leftist activism more broadly. This policy paper offers a number of recommendations on the subject matter, including Promoting further understanding of behavioral change and information and communications technology creating guidelines or manual for ethical digital activism, educating women & girls on digital security
من الجميل ان نكبر
"نشعر أننا أقوى مع الوقت وقادرات على المواجهة"
"من الجميل أن نكبر" هي رزمة توعويّة تهدف إلى مساعدة الفتيات المراهقات على تعزيز ثقتهنّ بأنفسهنّ وتجاوز التحديات التي قد تعرّض سلامتهنّ للخطر
تتضمن هذه الرزمة، بالاضافة الى هذه القصة فيديو توجيهي يمكنكم مشاهدته عبر النقر هنا
نحو تقدم أسرع
الصحة والحقوق الجنسية والإنجابية للجميع - ملخص تنفيذي
تم إنتاج هذه النسخة العربية من الملخص التنفيذي بالتعاون بين منظمة أبعاد ولجنة Guttmacher-Lancet
SELF-CARE MANUAL for Front-Line Workers
The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) at the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in collaboration with ABAAD are addressing the pressing need to have a contextualized self-care manual for front-line workers, with a focus on staff in the Child Protection (CP) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) sectors. This selfcare manual will provide front-line workers with evidence-based techniques to support them.
مجتمع لكل الاعمار
يُسهم هذا الدليل في نشْر التوعية حول قضايا الشيخوخة، كونه يتوجّه إلى المُتخصّصين/ات والعاملين/ات ومقدّمي/ات الرعاية لكِبار السنّ، بقدر ما يتوجّه إلى كلّ فئات المجتمع بهدف التوعية على جميع أشكال الإهمال وسوء المُعاملة والعنف التي تُمارَس ضدّ فئة كبار السنّ، سواء بصورة مُدرَكة أم غير مُدرَكة، وسواء أكانت سوء المعاملة هذه مقصودة أم غير مقصودة
Research-A Pilot Study of Family Planning Perspectives and Practices Among Syrian Child Brides in Lebanon
This cross-sectional, descriptivepilot study examined contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, barriers, needs and practices among young Syrian brides. Aconvenience sample of female Syrian refugees aged 13-25 who had married before the age of 18 was recruited through a civil society organization in Lebanon.
برنامج المهارات الحياتية الأساسية
تعزيز المهارات الحياتية الأساسية للسيدات والفتيات للوقاية والحماية من العنف الموجّه ضدهنّ
يحتوي هذا البرنامج على سبع مجموعات، انقر على الرابط ادناه لقراءة أو تحميل المجموعات
دليل تدريبي لمدرّبي عناصر قوى الأمن الداخلي حول الإتجار بالأشخاص وجرائم الإعتداء الجنسي في لبنان
دليل تدريبي يهدف الى نشر الوعي لدى ضحايا الإتجار بالبشر او جرائم الإعتداء الجنسي على جملة حقوقهم وواجبتهم. كما يهدف إلى تمكين وبناء قدرات عناصر قوى الأمن الداخلي على مواضيع متعلقة بجرائم الإتجار بالبشر والجرائم الجنسية، وكيفية رصد وتحديد المؤشرات وإجراء التحقيق بشكل يراعي المبادئ التوجيهية والأخلاقية الناظمة للمهنة
Research-Making Sense of Child, Early and Forced Marriage Among Syrian Refugee Girls:
A Mixed Methods Study in Lebanon
This study explores the underlying factors contributing to child marriage among Syrian refugees in Lebanon with the goal of informing community-based strategies to address the issue.
Masculinitiy and Violence Against Women Among Lebanese and Iraqis in Lebanon
The outcome of this study will help provide concerned parties with substantial information to assess the core of the problem and its stimulus; both considered unclear to this day. Knowing what triggers violent behavior can help the prevention of future similar incidents and the development of further strategies to solve this problem.
Opinion Poll on Penal Code - Article 522
The opinion survey was implemented in October 2016. It targeted a sample of 1,000 respondents (above 21 years old) through telephone calls. The study team applied sampling quotas (gender, age and geographic location) using the existing national statistics as a base.
Capacity Needs and Resources of Mental Health Practitioners in Syria
The “Capacity Needs and Resources of MH Practitioners in Syria Rapid Participatory Assessment” has been undertaken within ABAAD’s EU-funded “Bel Salameh” project and aims to identify the needs of MH Practitioners working with the war-affected population, in addition to the population’s access to and knowledge of available mental health services.
Self-Care Needs and Resources of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Workers in Syria
The “Self-Care Needs and Resources of MHPSS Workers in Syria Rapid Participatory Assessment” aims to identify the needs and forms of self-care among humanitarian actors working in the field of mental health and psychosocial support with families and individuals affected by the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
العنف ضد المرأة من اي نوع كان، انتهاك لكرامتها!
بوستر من حملة "نؤمن-شركاء ضد العنف ضد النساء" ضمن حملة الستة عشر يوما عام ٢٠١٢
سلسة سـيم، جـيم
سلسلة مطويات تسلط الضوء على المفاهيم الشعبية فيما يتعلق بالنوع الإجتماعي والعنف الجندري والأنواع الجندرية بأسلوب كاريكاتوري في محاولة لفتح باب
النقاش والتوعية حول هذه المفاهيم الجندرية بأسلوب مبسط
(ثلاث مطويات)
بروشور تعريفي عن مشروع الدار
الدار هو منزل إنتقالي مؤقت، يتميز بكونه مجاني وآمن يتمتع ببيئة حاضنة وداعمة حيث يستقبل النساء المعرضات للخطر أو الناجيات من العنف القائم على النوع الإجتماعي سواًء الشابات والمراهقات أو النساء مع أطفالهن The Mid-way Transition House (Al Dar) is a free, safe, supportive temporary house for women at risk or survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), both single women and teen adolescent girls, and women with their children.
العمل مع القضاة والمحامين للقضاء على العنف ضد النساء
أربع كتيبات عن المدافعة فـي سياق إشراك الرجال فـي جهود القضاء على العنف ضد النساء
التزويـج المبكـر للفتيـات فـي ظـل الانتقـال الديمقراطـي والنزاعـات المسلـحة
يتضمـن هـذا الكتيـب أوراق العمـل البحثيـة التـي تـم تقديمهـا فـي النـدوة الإقليميـة التـي عقـدت فـي بيـروت فـي تشـرين الأول/أكتوبـر 2015، بعنـوان: "التزويـج المبكـر للفتيـات فـي ظـل الإنتقـال الديمقراطـي والنزاعـات المسـلّحة"، والتـي قـام بإعدادهـا وعرضهـا خبـراء وخبيـرات فـي كل مـن مصـر ولبنـان وتونـس واليمـن وفلسـطين حـول ظاهـرة الـزواج المبكـر بأبعـاده الحقوقيـة والثقافيـة والحمائيـة والصحيـة
Playing for Gender Equality
“Playing for Gender Equality” toolkit is to teach and instill issues surrounding Gender Equality to children. The toolkit is one of the first toolkits, developed and tested in the Middle East, for that purpose. It is composed of fun, educational and interactive games and exercises for children aged 8 to 12 years old.
Syrian Women and Girls - GBV Rapid Assessment
Syrian women and girls coming to Lebanon are at increased risk of multiple forms of violence due to generalized insecurity and limited access to support. IRC’s rapid GBV assessment highlighted the myriad and severe protection issues women and girls faced before leaving Syria, and since arriving in Lebanon.
Research-Positive worry and negative hope: paradoxical perceptions of the experiences of Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon
Literature on refugee well-being has largely focused on trauma, stress, and medical diagnoses. Less is known about how refugees adapt to their new contexts and experience hope for the future. This study examines the experiences of Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon through secondary qualitative analysis of SenseMaker® data.