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Spinney’s has opened its eighth and the newest branch in Jbeil providing the area with 200 new job opportunities.  These opportunities are in addition to the 1500 jobs Spinney’s has provided across Lebanon.  

Spinney’s is pioneer to retail selling in the MENA region. It first opened in Lebanon in 1948 then reopened in 1998 with the first branch in Dbayyeh.  Presently, Spinney’s is in most of the Lebanese regions as well as Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and the U.A.E.

Original text in Arabic: Al-mustaqbal

The Women Studies in the Arab World Institute organized a social training workshop titled Training on research about Gender at the LAU – Beirut campus. The workshop is in collaboration with the Gender Studies Center at SOAS – London University and the Women and Memory Forum (Cairo).
The workshop started yesterday and continues till the 26th of September. It aims at introducing the participants to the various academic majors related to gender and aiding them at choosing contemporary issues and subjects for their graduate studies in the field of gender studies or taking gender into consideration in their own thesis.

Original text in Arabic: Annahar

The Job Index in the Middle East Report indicated that the chances of employment will increase in the Lebanese market next year. The report showed that 36% of the firms assessed are willing to hire in the period of August 2012 and August 2013. The report highlighted the academic majors most appealing to employers which include: business management, architecture, information technology, and computer sciences. Further, the report indicated that employers preferred particular skills that include: the ability to communicate with a team, excellent communication skills, work efficiency, leadership, and integrity.

Original text in Arabic: Assafir

 

In collaboration with Save the Children, KAFA Enough Violence and Exploitation launched the Key to Protection is a Word campaign. The campaign aims at highlighting the importance of decent sexual awareness to children and youth to have the need knowledge to protect them. Executing this campaign was represented through developing 15 centers for children with educational material about sexual rights as well as children’s rights. The centers will have trained specialists ready to provide consultations and facilitate awareness sessions and dialogues between children and their parents.

These centers are distributed as follows:

• Rafik Hariri Association – Ard Jalloul
• Haretna Center – Safadi Association Tripoli
• Women’s Academy - Safadi Association Tripoli
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refuges in the near east - UNRWA
• Women programs organization – Burj Al Barajneh refugee camp
• Sin Al Fil Municipality
• Lebanese Child House Organization
• Family Friends Organization – Sin Al Fil
• Mrs Badra Public School – Zgharta
• Zahle Public Middle School
• Kara Kozian Center – Burj hammoud
• Lebanese Woman Voice Organization – Fanar
• Nuns Cross National School - Bkennaya
• Ray of Hope Association – Zahle
• Sacred Family School – Mazraat Yashou’

These centers were established with the support of the Lebanese government, Save the Children association, KAFA and other participating parties in the frame of a regional program funded by the EU.

Original text in Arabic: Annahar

Le conseil municipal de Beit Mallat (Akkar), en coopération avec le Lebanese International Business Council (LIBC) et d'autres partenaires, a inauguré un centre d'apprentissage à l'informatique au siège de la municipalité. À cette occasion,  un cérémonie a été organisée sur la place de la municipalité en présence de représentants des députés Nidal Tohmé et Riad Rahal, de l'ancien député Wagih Baarini et de plusieurs autres personnalités locales, notamment le président du conseil municipal Albert Hajj. (L'Orient Le Jour)

The White Earth Association organized a graduation ceremony for 120 trainees of their  programs held during the summer in Jezzine. These trainings aimed at capacity-building  of Jezzine’s citizens.  The training sessions were in the areas of information technology, English language, and craft-working.

Original text in Arabic: Annahar.

Next week, LAU hosts AIWF’s second seminar: Young Arab women leadership – the voice of the future
This seminar was organized in collaboration with PwC which aims to help young women understand women’s role and their opportunities in political, economic and social in the Arab region. Also, the seminar will provide the participants with the necessary skills to convert the obstacles they face into opportunities for development.
The seminar’s sessions will tackle many topics including:

• Converting obstacles into opportunities
• Challenges and opportunities for young women in leadership
• PwC vision program for young women leadership
• Capacity-building accompanied with guidance and training
• Leadership reflections
• The importance of young women leadership
• Women and the strength of social media networks
• Social responsibilities and the way forward

Original text in Arabic: Al-mustaqbal

Ghassan Ghosn, President of the Lebanese General Workers' Union added to Prime minister’s Najib Mikati speech in a statement that declared that there will be no increase in the school tuition fees and that increase is unnecessary in the first place. Mikati added that he will further discuss the issue of educational supplies with the Ministries of Education and Economy. (LKDG)

Future Movement, a women’s sector organization has collaborated with the Rafik Hariri Institution’s Social Health Department. Together the two organized a graduation ceremony for 50 women volunteers whom have successfully completed first aid training in the course of two months at the hospital in Benin. During the ceremony, Samer Hadara, coordinator of Future Movement, highlighted the importance of women’s role in improving Future Movement and the society in general.

Original text in Arabic: Al-mustaqbal