The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held from March 6 to 17, 2023 in New York City, with the primary focus being the theme of "Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls." Hayat Mirshad, [...]
The fourth episode of "A Seat At The Table" podcast with Hayat Mirshad. Below are the details as published on the podcast Youtube channel: Hayat Mirshad, a Lebanese journalist and feminist activist, Executive director of the "FEMALE" Association, and editor in chief of the "Sharika wa Laken" websitefights for justice, equality, and rights. In this [...]
Hayat Mirshad took part in the Global NetHope 20th Anniversary Summit, where she joined pioneer panelists, Vanessa Ceia, Michael Borum and Vilas Dhar in a session organized and led by Oxfam, titled “Gender, Technology & the Future of Human Rights in a Digital Age”. Mirshad and other panelists discussed the trends and issues present at [...]
Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund organized a global event on the sidelines of the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, highlighting the urgent need to amplify the voices and support more women working on the front lines of conflict and crises. This expert panel was moderated by Hayat Mirshad, Feminist [...]
Under the framework of the “Good Governance Forum”, the Observatory for Public Service and Good Governance (OFP) at the Saint Joseph University - Beirut, in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), organized a virtual panel discussion entitled: “The role of the media in establishing good governance”. The panel included a line up of experts and journalists: [...]
Titled “A Progressive Decade for Young Feminists and Movements”, Hayat Mirshad’s intervention as a main speaker in the digital Paris Generation Equality Forum-GEF in 2021 was definitely on point. Sharing her expertise as one of UN Women’s Gender Agora advisors, Hayat focused in her speech on the importance of engaging young feminists in accelerating the [...]
By Rana Amr You are in the 3rd grade, you’re sitting on your bench in class reading the Arabic subject book with your teacher, and then you read a sentence that says, "My Mom prepares food while Dad reads the newspaper". You may not feel it, but that’s when the idea was planted in your [...]
In an eight-minute video report, Hayat Mirshad portrayed the reality and struggles of women and girls not only in the Arab world, but across the globe. Following naming her as one of BBC’s Top 100 Influencers, Mirshad’s activism and work towards advancing women’s rights and improving their statuses was highlighted in SkyNews نجاحهنّ Programme, which [...]
This year, Hayat Mirshad has been selected as one of CARE International’s Feminist Advisory Board members (FAB) representing the Middle East and North Africa along with three other feminist activists from grassroots, national, regional and international civil society movements representing Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. The FAB will contribute to the [...]
Elizabeth Gregory talks to Hayat Mirshad, the activist and journalist fighting for a better future in a country struggling to survive. Power cuts have been a regular occurrence in Lebanon for decades — but now the country is on the precipice of falling into total darkness. When I meet Hayat Mirshad, activist and journalist, co-founder of feminist [...]
