Category: Past Events
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Upholding Women’s Equal Citizenship in Nationality Laws in the MENA Region
On March 6, 2023 the Asfari Institute, with The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and Muwatin Media Network, organized the hybrid event in which civil society leaders from across the region discussed why gender-equal nationality laws are essential to women’s equal citizenship, as well as children’s rights, sustainable development, and realizing inclusive societies.
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Setting an Inclusive Framework for Human Security and Social Justice within the IMF and GoL Restructuring and Reform Plan
On March 3, 2023, the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, in partnership with Malala Fund and the Issam Fares Institute, organized a High-Level Policy Forum “Setting an Inclusive Framework for Human Security and Social Justice within the IMF and GoL Restructuring and Reform Plan: Education an equalizer and enabler”.
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Transnational Conference on SRHR
On December 5, 2022, the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship organized a hybrid Transnational Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). This conference aims to provide information and share knowledge about SRHR from experts, targeting young people in their diversity to acquire adequate, correct, and detailed knowledge of SRHR.
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Decolonizing Knowledge & Institutions: Towards a Rethinking of Feminist Knowledge Production
On November 24, 2022, the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship organized the event “Decolonizing Knowledge & Institutions: Towards a Rethinking of Feminist Knowledge Production to reflect on how we can harness the collective political power of intersectional, decolonial, indigenous, queer, feminist, and racial justice movements and translate it into a profound transformation of…
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Feminist Insurgents: Will the Protests in Iran Bring Change?
Amid the women-led uprisings in Iran, the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship organized a talk on November 4, 2022 followed by a conversation with Iranian author and scholar Azadeh Moaveni moderated by Dr. Vivienne Badaan, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the American University of Beirut. Our guest shared her insights on the current…
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Chevening Scholarships Programme Information Session
The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship organized an information session on the Chevening Scholarship Programme application process on October 20, 2022 for recent graduate and senior student from Lebanon, Syria, or Palestine who are interested in pursuing a fully funded one-year Master’s Degree in the United Kingdom.
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Power of Knowledge Event 2022
The first edition of this annual event was held on 1 September 2022. This year’s theme was ‘Walking the talk on equitable partnerships’. The event was held in Amsterdam, Beirut, and Johannesburg. We co-hosted and co-created this event with KIT Royal Tropical Institute and EthiXPERT in South Africa. Like us, both organisations strongly believe in the power of knowledge to…
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Opening of the Ayman and Sawsan Asfari Building
To celebrate the opening of the Ayman and Sawsan Asfari Building, the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship organized landmark hybrid events centered on gender and development and decolonizing knowledge.
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Progress, Rollbacks, Opportunities for Solidarity Action
On the 2nd of September 2022, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship organized a roundtable discussion on the experiences of rollbacks and attacks on SRHR, good practices, and concrete solidarity steps with Alejandra Coll and Maya Ammar, moderated by Paola Salwan Daher.
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Queer Feminism in MENA: Pragmatism, Prejudice, and Possibilities
On the 23rd of June 2022, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship organized an event on “Queer Feminism in MENA: Pragmatism, Prejudice, and Possibilities.” The purpose was to provide a platform for queer feminists and allies to examine the challenges and opportunities and also identify common grounds and outline recommendations for promoting research and…