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This newsletter aims to connect gender actors and practitioners in Lebanon through the exchange of expertise, in an attempt to create a space for better collaboration, networking, and equal access to knowledge, research, and information.

Why advocate to localise the 16 days of activism against GBV?

In light of the 16 days of activism against GBV, it is important to take into account the gender priorities and needs at the local and national levels. Although it is important to work towards global objectives, it is also pressing to address all forms of discrimination against women hindering their access to their most basic rights, in each context. Indeed, some gender actors in the region have expressed that global campaigns and agendas do not convey the local realities on the ground.  

Transformative knowledge for action
Lebanon Support produces contextualised evidence-based knowledge to inform local actors’ interventions and programmes.     

1- Evidence-based discussions for concerted action
Lebanon Support engages various stakeholders in gender issues, including researchers, experts, civil society and NGO practitioners, and activists, to increase collaboration and foster social change. 

Regional discussion on localising the 16 days of activism against GBV- 8 December 2020 

On December 8, 2020, the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development and Lebanon Support co-organised a meeting with gender actors from the region to discuss how global campaigns can be informed and led by local needs and priorities to promote social change from a bottom-up perspective. 
Discussants stressed on the importance of evidence based interventions, data sharing between gender actors for effective advocacy, and campaigning efforts that would lead to policy change. They noted the importance of addressing the root causes of gender based violence in each context. They also highlighted the need for organic platforms for discussion, coordination, and knowledge sharing. 
 
Here are some quotes from the discussion:
 
Adv. Samar Muhareb (Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development): 
“In order to advance our own regional agenda in the Middle-East, the approach must be participatory with knowledge sharing among gender actors to inform local and regional proposed interventions”
 
Myriam Sfeir (The Arab Institute for Women):
“Working on GBV should not only be restricted to the 16 days of activism campaign, advocating and awareness raising should be on-going”
 
Ali Musarrah (KAFA (Enough) Violence & Exploitation):
“We should also take the opportunity and time within these 16 days to review the gender components in our programs and in our internal policies” 
 
Youssef Mansour (Al Nahda Center-Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development):
“Gender actors should be competing for quality, rather than amongst each other for funding”

                                                                                                  Check the discussion summary here  

2- Collaborations for concerted action on the Daleel Madani Gender Group
During the discussion on localising the 16 days of activism against GBV, gender actors from the region voiced the need for organic platforms to increase discussion, coordination, and knowledge sharing among themselves. Lebanon Support had been working towards creating and sustaining spaces for discussion and collaborative action, notably through the Daleel Madani gender group. The DM Gender Group also grants access to aggregated news, job and call opportunities, resources, and events related to gender in Lebanon and all over the world.
Contact us for more information. 

Explore the Daleel Madani Gender Group now!

3- Data for change: using localised and evidence-based data to foster social change 
LS has recently published data in a variety of formats on the gender landscape in Lebanon, its actors and interventions, all the while highlighting gaps and duplications in the sector.
  

The Updated Gender Actors Map

The Gender Actors’ map, developed and updated in partnership with Diakonia, allows for granular inspection of 75 gender actors and their interventions, in order to get more familiarised with the gender landscape in Lebanon. The revised typology was devised by Lebanon Support and covers modes of interventions, areas of focus, and target beneficiaries, among others. 

Users can filter by: type of actor (such as local civil society organisations, government actor/local authority, among others), area of focus (such as GBV, Child Marriage, Women’s Rights, among others), target beneficiaries (such as Women, Trans*, Youth and Children, among others) and activity status (such as Active, Inactive, among others). Additionally, you can search for a specific organisation/initiative, or by simply entering a keyword. 

If you work on gender issues and wish to be listed, please send us an email to contact@lebanon-support.org 

 
Check out the map here

Digest on the “Gender Actors Map”- December 2020

This digest presents the main data trends from the Gender Actors’ map, based on the interventions of 75 gender actors. Despite the diversity of the gender sector in Lebanon, the data suggests a fragmented landscape with a high dependency on donors, many duplicated efforts, and gaps in terms of areas of focus, beneficiaries, modes of intervention, as well as geographic disparity. This reiterates the need for localised and concerted efforts between gender actors in the country.

Read the digest based on the trends here   

Gender interventions in Lebanon: between duplicated efforts and persistent gaps

This infographic*, that provides an overview of gender interventions in Lebanon, is based on data collected through a survey that has targeted 75 actors. It visualises the data trends that corroborate the necessity for more evidence based and localised interventions and actions. The data shows the persistence of gaps and duplications in the sector, with some target groups underrepresented such as trans* or policy makers, peripheries being forgotten, and some areas of focus being overlooked such as education
* This infographic was developed in partnership with Diakonia. 

Check out the infographic here 

This bulletin is published as part of the Gender Equity Network, a project by Lebanon Support. It was developed in partnership with Diakonia.

The Gender Equity Network (GEN) is an online thematic and collaborative project, part of Lebanon Support’s Civil Society Knowledge Centre (CSKC).