The Lebanese Ministry of Information launched a conception of the mechanism and criteria for the “Beirut Humanitarian Award” coinciding with the first anniversary of the tragedy of the Beirut Port explosion, based on the letter of the Minister of Information in the caretaker government, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, No. 219/ dated 26/5/2021 Registered in...
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The Adam Bassma project by Lebanese student director Leila Basma to the semi-finalist for the 48th annual student academy awards.
The semi-finalists for the 48th annual Student Academy Awards have been selected !!!! 82 semi-finalists are this is the top 7% of all entrants. From which the Lebanese Student film “The Adam Basma Project” by Lebanese Student Director Leila Basma. Despite the dark days that Lebanon is going through, the successes of the Lebanese individual...
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LAU: New MEPI Grant to Boost Employability
Vertically Integrated Projects will be adapted and applied at LAU, offering invaluable multidisciplinary experiences to students. Together with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the American University of Beirut (AUB), LAU has received a grant from the US Department of State, Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), to support the Tomorrow’s Leaders College-to-Work Pipeline (TLP), a project designed...
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Japan supports UN Women’s recovery efforts in Lebanon
The Government of Japan has allocated USD 786,909 to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in Lebanon to support women’s protection and economic recovery from the impact of Lebanon’s economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Beirut Port explosion. This contribution provided to UN Women’s Economic Empowerment...
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Hassan announces Kuwaiti donation, visit by his Iraqi counterpart next week: We have completed the necessary transactions to bring in Sputnik V, additional contract with Pfizer
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, announced Saturday that his Ministry has reached a new contract with Pfizer that guarantees obtaining seven hundred fifty thousand (750,000) additional vaccine doses in the months of May and June 2020, where the total will reach nine hundred ten thousand (910,000) doses by then, which will allow the...
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The United Nations in Lebanon supports women’s participation in Beirut’s Port Explosion response and recovery process
The Beirut Port explosions on 4 August 2020 created significant immediate humanitarian needs and severe long-term consequences. A rapid gender assessment of the Beirut Port Explosion recommended, among other things, increasing the meaningful participation of women and marginalized groups in the decision-making for the design, implementation, management and evaluation of national and international response and...
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Embassy of India donates office equipment to Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Embassy of India in Lebanon on Tuesday made a donation of office equipment to the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in light of the devastation caused by August 4 blasts in Beirut. The donation was handed over by Ambassador Dr Suhel Ajaz Khan to the Lebanese MOFA Today. The equipment were received by Minister...
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The UN, the sexual and gender-based violence task force and the national commission for Lebanese woman launch a 16-day campaign against the gender-based violence
Today begins the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) (25 November-10 December). On this occasion, the United Nations System in Lebanon, the sexual and Gender-based Violence Taskforce (SGBV TF), and the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) are joining forces, to end and prevent gender-based violence in the country. As we mark...