A special interview on MTV about Fe-Male organization work on ground aiming to encounter the stigma around menstruation and fight period poverty in Lebanon, mainly through advocacy and distribution of hygiene and health kits for women in need in Beirut areas that were affected by the recent explosion in August 2020. Hayat Mirshad, Fe-Male's co-director, [...]
Feminist activist Hayat Mirshad asked a powerful question to international actors and donors: "Feminist activists and organizations have always been here, at the heart of humanitarian crises. Will you stand with us?". Mirshad's intervention came within an online webinar organized by Women Deliver aiming to give a platform for feminist CSOs and activists responding to [...]
In September 2020, Hayat Mirshad coordinated with Dak Organization for Ezidi Women Development in Irbil- Iraq within a project aiming to increase women (18-55 years old) participation in conflict prevention and decision making inside the family and community in Sinjar, in partnership with Rainbow NGO and funded by UN Women. Mirshad conducted 6 days online [...]
Every person in Lebanon has probably been asked: “Where were you during the Beirut port explosion?” My response is always the same: I was here, in Beirut. On 4 August, when the explosion ignited our skies, I was here – fighting for my life as windows, doors, and buildings collapsed around me. I was still here [...]
On August 14, 2020 the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders & it's Young Women Leaders for Peace hosted a virtual panel discussion "Young Women Leaders & Peacebuilders on the Frontlines of Crises" with the Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, Austrian Development Cooperation, Permanent Missions of Canada, the Dominican Republic, Finland, Norway, and [...]
On the 10th and 11th of August 2020, Hayat Mirshad led on facilitating the Virtual MENA Region Workshop “Chain of Change” organized by Arab Women Organization of Jordan (AWO) and CARE International. The workshop is a part of “Safe From The Start” (SFTS) Project’s activities - a 3-year global project that has been implemented by [...]
Hayat Mirshad was part of shaping SheDecides’ emerging Theory of Change (ToC), as a member in the Movement Advisory Group (MAG), a temporary and voluntary group that played a consultative role in the SheDecides Theory of Change development process in July, August and early September 2020. The MAG has been formed with consideration of regional [...]
During the recent Beirut explosions that killed more than 150 people and wounded thousands causing destruction of businesses, shops and newsrooms as well as tearing through homes, the Coalition For Women In Journalism, a global support network for women in journalism, featured, appreciated the hard work and extended its support to women journalists on the [...]
For the second consecutive year, Hayat Mirshad cooperated with Internews within Aswatuna project in Iraq working on empowering women to participate equally as citizens and decision makers as a critical element of good governance and a fundamental prerequisite for peacebuilding, gender equality, and poverty reduction. Mirshad was the lead trainer and mentor of the project, [...]
Young Egyptian TikTok stars have become the latest target of state authorities, who accuse them of spreading “immorality” in society. In recent months a popular group of female social media influencers has also drawn the ire of the government, and several have been arrested. This brought a big debate in the region on whether TikTok [...]
