This year's World Social Forum, a transnational gathering of social activists, took place in Tunis, a city bubbling w

Dozens of Lebanese women dance in front of the home of the country's parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, to send a clear

The near weekly demonstrations and sit-ins lobbying for a range of women's issues in the Lebanese capital have one co

Ten female soldiers from Malaysia are expected in Lebanon on Tuesday to serve for six months with the Malaysian conti

With the support of the European Union, Save the Children and its partner in Lebanon KAFA (Enough) Violence and Explo

At a news conference by the “My Nationality Is a Right for Me and My Family” campaign and the National Al

Hundreds of people protested on Sunday to demand a law allowing Lebanese women to transfer nationality to their famil

When her father told her at the age of 10 that she should cover her hair with a veil, Hanan al Shaykh was quick to sh

Activists warned the government Tuesday against failing to adopt a new electoral law that would provide better repres

Uprisings espousing principles of democracy, participation and human rights have spread across the Arab world.

Lebanon's parliament should adopt a draft law that would specifically criminalize violence against women, Human Right

A draft law to protect women from domestic violence is a Western idea designed to dismantle the Muslim family, rather

Media must play a larger role in empowering women in Lebanon and the wider the Middle East and North Africa region, a

As the first Muslim woman to be appointed to head the U.S.

Pressure mounted on Lebanese authorities to adopt laws banning gender-based violence Sunday as several hundred demons

On 20 March, the day before the Mother's Day holiday in Lebanon, 30,000 people of all ages took the streets of Beirut

More than 40 women's cooperatives have formed small businesses across Lebanon to revitalize communities that were eco

The National Council of Lebanese Women called Thursday for an active participation of women in the upcoming Lebanese

The face of women's issues in Lebanon is changing.

Nasawiya, a feminist collective in Lebanon about to celebrate its first anniversary, is seeking to change the discour

Last week, Lebanese women's rights activists launched a 16-day campaign to push parliament to pass new legislation to

Women in Lebanon remain disproportionably at risk from conflict and have largely been excluded from the national reco

First Lady Wafaa Sleiman launched a guide book about the situation of women in Lebanon, during a celebration at the B