Period Poverty: The New Reality For Women and Girls in Lebanon
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, [...]
An Interview with Jaafar Talk on DW: Are “TikTok Girls” Defying Traditions and Norms?
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 [...]
Facebook live session on Online Gender-Based Violence
Hayat Mirshad the guest of the Progressive Women Union, National Rehabilitation and Development Center and Farah Social Foundation on Facebook. A very interactive and interesting discussion hosted by Tatiana Skaff, where Mirshad spoke about Fe-Male organization recent work on combating online gender-based violence, ensuring women and girls cyber-security and safety and other aspects related to [...]