Hayat Mirshad spoke during a panel discussion organized by Free Thought Lebanon in collaboration with Humanists international titled "Secularism in Lebanon". She focused in her intervention on the importance of having a civil state and its reflection on women's rights situation in the country, where religious personal status laws still discriminate against women.
A march for women, by women, against all forms of sexual violence and patriarchal oppression. Followed by choreography and song inspired by Chile's movement, that resounded loud and clear in Lebanon as well."Can you hear our screams?"More than ever.
It was a great opportunity and pleasure to take part of the high-level conference to discuss the Arab region’s priorities for the next five years in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment, and participating in a panel discussion with the much inspiring Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, UN Women Executive director. The conference was based [...]
Hayat Mirshad represented the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering-RDFL at the International Conference on Population and Development in Nairobi Global Summit. During the signature session of Women Deliver titled "A Feminist Approach to Humanitarian Action", Hayat spoke truth to power and stood in solidarity with women and girls leading the revolution against a patriarchal, corrupt and [...]
Female activists, however, note that old-fashioned attitudes can still prevail, such as one Saudi newspaper that emphasized the ‘beauties’ behind the barricades Women are storming the streets of Lebanon to protest against the current government – but also to demand more rights for themselves. On Sunday, they marched in Beirut to honor the women who [...]
BEIRUT: For 18 days, Lebanese women have been the front line, backbone, and soul of what has come to be known as the October Revolution. Revolutionary women joined hands and forces in a protest march on Sunday. Multiple feminist NGOs and a large crowd marched from the National Museum of Beirut to Martyr’s Square, while [...]
Hayat Mirshad speaking to AFP news agency about the #feminist march in #Beirut which saw thousand #women and #girls head out to join the larger protest in Downtown. This revolution is feminist, the patriarchy is deadly, the fight for LGBT rights, women’s rights, refugee rights, domestic workers rights it’s all one. We’re mad, and we’re here! #LebanonProtests
About the author: Hayat Mirshad is a Lebanese feminist activist. In 2012, she initiated the first-ever feminist radio programme in Lebanon “Sharika wa Laken” (A Partner Not Yet Equal), where she remains as one of the web and content managers. She is a co-founder and co-director at FE-MALE, a non-profit feminist collective, and head of [...]
2020 will be a promising year for women's rights since it marks 25 years on the adoption of Beijing platform for action, 5 years since the Global Goals and 10 years anniversary of UN Women. Hayat Mirshad was part of Generation Equality campaign and Gender Innovation Agora, established by UN Women, along with a number of youth and gender equality advocates from the [...]
