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The Ministry of Social Affairs launches the “literacy is freedom” programme for illiterate women and adults || Newspapers (Arabic)

18-12-2012

The Ministry of Social Affairs launched yesterday its new programme entitled “literacy is freedom” in collaboration with the UNESCO regional bureau for Arab states and the Italian Embassy.  The launch occurred during a public event and began with an address by the director of the national literacy programme Ms. Nehmat Geagea who outlined the programme’s planned activities.  The director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for the Arab States, Dr. Hamad Seif ben Hammami, noted that current literacy programme remain conventional and only teach the alphabet using methods that often lead to a fallback to illiteracy estimated at 30%.  This he noted is a huge waste of resources.
Legal counselor Antoun Zakhia who represented the Minister of Social Affairs, Mr. Wael Abou Faour, indicated that combating women’s illiteracy requires specific efforts notably focusing on rural areas thus the importance of supporting this new initiative especially since illiteracy is one of the main causes of gender inequality as well as a cause of urban-rural disparities.  Zakhia emphasized the importance of partnership between state institutions, international and local organisations and so as to ensure the full and active participation of local communities in implementing literacy programmes and in drawing national plans and mechanisms for implementation.
Source: Al-Nahar 18 December 2012

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As Safir day at the Arab book fair reminds visitors of laws that remain discriminatory against women || Newspapers (Arabic)

17-12-2012

A number of women groups took part in the As Safir day organized on Saturday December 15th at the Biel exhibition centre and introduced visitors to the various on-going campaigns seeking to reform laws that remain discriminatory against women.  The process kicked off with CRTD.A-supported campaign “My Nationality is a Right for me and my Family” which introduced the public to the background of that initiative launch in early 2001 as well as the progress noted in the reform of the nationality laws in Egypt, Algeria Morocco, Yemen, Libya, UAE, and, more recently, KSA.  Progress in Lebanon was also noted at the level of the three-years residency permit issued in 2010, reform of the work permit procedures in 2011 as well as the newly set up Ministerial Committee to review the law and suggest reforms coupled with the law petition submitted by the National Commission for Lebanese Women.  Ruwad Frontiers for their part focused on the issue of stateless people in Lebanon and the impact that statelessness has on the ability to have a “normal;” social and professional life and enjoy health and education.
For its part, the Working Women League focused on the religious family laws in Lebanon and shared the work of the Lebanese network for family rights as well as the work of other women organisations in reforming the family code notably in what relates to child custody age.
Finally, “Kafa” noted the progress in the law petition to protect women from family violence and highlighted three new positive changes namely reintroducing women within the law’s headline, reconsidering the issue of marital rape and reviewing clause 12 which relates to the protection of children in custody age.

Source: Al-Safir Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4 - 17 December 2012

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The NCLW organises a planning workshop and denounces all forms of discrimination against women || Newspapers (Arabic)

17-12-2012

The National Commission for Lebanese Women organized a workshop entitled “Strategic planning from a gender perspective within public institutions”.  The workshop was organised within the framework of developing the NCLW 2011-2012 operational plan and was in collaboration with the Bassel Fuleihan finance institute and Tanmyah Company.  The NCLW emphasized during the workshop that it refutes all forms of discrimination against women in laws and services as well as the nomenclature of jobs and positions in the public sector.

The workshop also sought to mobilize the gender focal points assigned in all Ministries as well as strengthen their role in mainstreaming gender in policies and national strategies.  Participants highlighted the various forms of discrimination against women in the nationality laws, labor laws, and coverage of the national Social Security Funds as well as pension schemes for working women and their families.  Participants also discussed the current discriminatory practices in both the diplomatic and judicial sectors.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal 17 December 2012

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Gender based violence in the Lebanese media || Newspapers (Arabic)

14-12-2012

Al Akhbar newspaper published the result of a study conducted by Nahawand Kaderi on the ways in which the media addresses the issue of violence against women and especially the difficulties faced by journalists whilst working on this topic.  The study monitored radio stations, newspapers, magazines. News broadcasts on TV, soap operas, talk shows, and comedies in order to construct indicators to measure media coverage of gender based violence. The study pointed out to serious gaps in the way that the media deals with this issue in addition to the exploitation of victims as well as the stereotyping of women.
Kaderi also noted the difficulties faced by media staff namely job insecurity, inability to manage huge data, inability to keep up with progress in IT and social media as well as their experience of different forms of violence namely political violence, financial violence as well as family and confessional violence.  The researcher concluded that since journalists are not protected by their Trade Union or by a legal framework, they had no option but to have recourse to politicians who are also media moguls, adding that the sector is overwhelmed by male stars who exploite younger professionals and namely women.

Source: Al-Akhbar 14 December 2012

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Smart centre launches a new project: “Supporters of women’s voices” || Newspapers

14-12-2012

Smart centre launched yesterday a project funded by the US Embassy small grants programme entitled “Supporters of Women’s Voices.  The launch included key note addresses by Smart director Randa Yassir, the project director Sylva Akl and the representative of the US Embassy Rebecca A. Haskamp.  Speakers outlined the main objective of the project namely supporting women’s participation in politics and in decision making through boosting their confidence with various training interventions.  The project will be implemented in a number of phases starting with a 6 days training targeting 40 participants and covering techniques for effective campaigning.  This will be followed by the organization of public debates with 500 women in the North, Mount Lebanon and the South.  The last phase of the project seeks to enable participants in the training to take part in a research looking at how political campaigns are run in Lebanon.

Source: The Daily Star, Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Nahar 14 December 2012

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Bahithat || Book Launching: Marginalization in the Arab societies, suppressing and unleashing - Beirut

Book Launching    December 14, 2012

Organizing party: Collective for Lebanese Women Researchers – Bahithat
Title of the event: Launching of the 15th annual book from Bahithat, titled: Marginalization in the Arab societies, suppressing and unleashing


Date and time: 14-12-2012 – 6:00 PM
Venue: Beirut International Arab Book Fair in BIEL – Jadawel booth number A8
 

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 15:38
Job key data
Job title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer - AMAL Programme
Organisation: Oxfam - GB
Location: Beirut - Lebanon
Working area: Beirut - Lebanon
Deadline: December 31, 2012
Job specifications
Description:

Job Reference: National post based in Beirut - Lebanon
Job Title: MEAL Officer - AMAL Programme

Key responsabilites:

To develop programme MEAL systems in accordance with Oxfam standards

  • To define specific processes, methodologies and tools for planning, monitoring, evaluation, learning, accountability and reporting in line with Oxfam minimum requirements;
  • In close coordination with affiliates and country teams, to develop and monitor implementation of systems, processes and tools ensuring quality and consistency in MEAL and reporting;
  • To define, apply and follow-up the policies, manuals and guides on Monitoring, Evaluations, Learning and Accountability of Oxfam to ensure their implementation with sufficient quality in all countries;
  • To ensure that all processes, methodologies and tools are gender sensitive and capture gender transformative changes;
  • To support teams in the process of adaptation of methodologies and tools according to each country context while ensuring consistency of MEAL.

To ensure relevant Oxfam team, partners, target groups and community capacity building and participation in MEAL

  • To provide technical assistance and to support regional and county teams to implement, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning processes at regional, national and local levels; in particular in the collection of quantitative & qualitative information from various sources
  • To train and develop the regional and country programme teams on programme standards and on knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for effective monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability;
  • To train and/or to provide technical assistance for capacity building of partners to implement MEAL and reporting;
  • To provide support and advice for target groups and community capacity building and participation in MEAL where appropriate;
  • To monitor (remote and through field visits) quality of MEAL and provide ad hoc support for improvement;
  • To promote and facilitate sharing of MEAL experiences and good practices among the programme and within affiliates.

To provide analysis and presentation of MEAL data

  • To ensure collation, analysis and presentation of MEAL information from country and regional programme components
  • To compile country monitoring data into overall reports reflecting activities, outputs and outcomes in order to guide management decision making, provide accountability to stakeholders, share learning and demonstrate impact;
  • To manage and to support country and regional teams to manage the appointment of external consultants for monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability purposes including devising terms of reference, providing evaluations of methodological proposals by consultants and validation of reports;
  • To coordinate and support regional and national level learning events;
  • To feed back to country and regional teams on progress towards programme objectives and MEAL;
  • To make proposals coherent with the institutional policies of the different affiliates;
  • To support effective learning and exchange from outside the programme  in order to improve the effectiveness of the AMAL programme.
Key competencies:
  • Knowledge and experience of establishing and maintaining effective monitoring and evaluation systems for development projects
  • Experience of gathering, analysing and presenting quantitative and qualitative data
  • Proven ability to work effectively with others - strong interpersonal skills
  • Excellent facilitation and training skills  
  • Good organisational skills including accuracy, consistency, attention to detail and patience
  • Ability to show perseverance, tenacity and the ability to work under pressure  
  • A strong focus on results - sets goals, plans and prioritises effectively, monitors quality and progress of work against plans, establishes high level of performance and sets an example to others
  • Demonstrable understanding of gender and rights based approaches to development
  • Experience of using participatory approaches in development projects
  • Able to communicate effectively in written and spoken English and Arabic
  • Commitment to Oxfam's values

Desirable

  • Previous experience with Oxfam
  • Previous experience of working on projects related to women's empowerment
  • Ability to speak French
Contract terms:

Applying :
CVS to be submitted to the following email address jsalloum@oxfam.org.uk  
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

Grade: D1 (20,000 US$ - 25,000 US$ per annum) - in addition to other related benefits as per the labour laws in Lebanon.
Available to travel to other countries.


REPORTING LINES:
Postholder reports to: AMAL Programme Manager. However, given the highly technical/methodological nature of this position, a close matrix relationship with the MEL manager at the UDTM at Intermon Oxfam's head office in Spain is considered necessary.
Staff reporting to this post: None

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:  
Responsible for AMAL programme regional M&E funds as detailed in AMAL programme budget

62% of nurses in Lebanon suffer from violence and verbal abuse || Newspapers (Arabic)

13-12-2012

The American University of Beirut released yesterday the results of a study conducted between June 2011 and June 2012 and entitled: “National study on violence against female and male nurses: prevalence, impact and causes”.  The study covered a sample of 593 nurses working all over Lebanon and showed that 62% of the sample are subjected to verbal abuse whilst 10% are subject to physical violence in their place of work.  The nurses who were interviewed showed signs of burnout as 51% of them gave signs of emotional and psychological distress.  The study revealed that 28.8% of the nurses are not capable of any form of empathy vis-à-vis their patients whilst 24.1% indicated low levels of self esteem. It indicated that the source of verbal abuse is usually the medical and administrative staff followed by patients and their families and of physical abuse is outside the workplace.  Finally, the study pointed out that 31.7% of the nurses said that they might leave their work whilst 22.3% indicated that they hesitate in taking such a step.
Source: Al-Safir, Al-Akhbar, Al-Hayat 13 December 2012

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According to a study conducted by Breathe, the percentage of women smokers is high in Lebanon and chronic lung obstruction affects 13 million people in the Arab world || Newspapers (Arabic)

13-12-2012

An Nahar newspaper published a study conducted by Breathe on the prevalence of chronic lung obstruction and its main cause, chronic smoking.  The results were shared during a press conference organized by Glaxosmithkline (GSK) at the Phoenicia Hotel with the attendance of Dr. Asaad Khoury representing the Minister of Public Health.
The study indicated that the percentage of women smokers in Lebanon is higher and less than one third of the disease carriers have been diagnosed and of these, only one third are receiving treatment.  Chronic lung obstruction affects 13 million people in the Arab region and it affects the circulation of oxygen from and to the lungs.  The study notes that 5.3% of the Lebanese population aged 40 and above is affected by the disease compared to 3.6% for the Arab region as a whole.  This disease has resulted in 1000 medical consultation, 190 emergency admission and 175 cases of hospitalization every hour, in the Arab region.
In an interview with An Nahar, Prof. Marie Louise Konisky indicated that the outputs of this research will be released in the form of 8 papers which will be published by the medical journal Respiratory Medicine and will include data on smoking prevalence as well as information about the disease, its treatment, and its cost.

Source: Al-Nahar 13 December 2012

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A workshop at the MaterPeace club on media and violence against women || Newspaper (Arabic)

11-12-2012

The MaterPeace club organized in collaboration with the Lebanese Young Peace Journalists a workshop on Monday December 10 a workshop entitled “the role of the media in combating violence against women within the framework of Resolution 1325: women, peace and security”.  The workshop was held at AltCity in Hamra.  The workshop was facilitated by Vanessa Bassil the president of MaterPeace club and included interventions on the situation of women in the laws by Manar Zaiter from RDFL, the concept of gender by Roula Masri from Abaad, and domestic violence by Rima Abi Nader by Kafa.
Forensic doctor Naji Saaibi discussed the health problems resulting from gender based violence whilst journalist Maha Zaraket shared media examples and illustrations.  The workshop also included the viewing of a documentary on gender based violence produce by Dina Mokalled from Al Mustakbal TV.  Journalists Saada Allaw (As Safir) and Najia al Houssari (Al Hayat) gave presentations on the relation between the reporter and his/her institution and with his/her news sources.
Finally, researcher Nahawand Al Kaderi presented the result of a research she conducted on the ways in which the media addresses issues of violence against women and which was done in collaboration with UNDP.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal 11 December 2012

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