Events

Communicating Gender and Prisons

Online via Webex

The Department of Communication Arts at LAU is hosting a webinar with grassroots organizations in Lebanon working with incarcerated and released women. 

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Guest Speakers:

  • Salam Moghrabi: Project supervisor with Dar Al Amal (DAA), a local NGO that advocates for a better society by safeguarding children’s and women’s rights. Since 1996, DAA has facilitated social rehabilitation and reintegration programs for incarcerated and released women from prisons in Baabda, Tripoli, and Zahle. 
  • LAU Alumna Manal Makkieh: Founder and director of Kayani for Palestinian Females Project (KFPFP), a youth-led initiative established in November 2019 to amplify the voices of Palestinian women and girls in refugee camps in the MENA region. Part of Kayani’s mission is to empower young Palestinian women by creating a platform that allows previously incarcerated and marginalized Palestinian women to anonymously share their stories.