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CRTD.A has just launched a regional initiative on gender, Economic Rights and Livelihoods covering Lebanon and three other Arab countries.
This regional initiative aims at contributing to the setting up of local and regional monitoring of processes for the formulation of socio-economic policies and strategies as well as mobilizing and engaging civil society organizations and relevant social institutions to engage in policy dialogue on engendering socioeconomic policies and strategies.

CRTD.A concludes its regional partners meeting in Beirut: “Arab Springs” may bring political changes but women activists need to be more vigilant than ever

Feminist organizations from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Syria and Lebanon convened a meeting in Beirut on 27 and 28 June hosted by CRTD-A (WLP-Lebanon). Partners from Bahrain were unable to attend due to the unstable security situation in their country. Participating organizations are active members of WLP International as well as the Equality without Reservation Coalition. The purpose of the regional meeting was to undertake a collective feminist analysis of the various revolutions taking place in the region, and explore the prospects, challenges and way forward for women’s work and gender equality.

The new Mikati Cabinet seems keen on excluding women and undermining their right to full participation and equality. Indeed, and after forming an all-male Cabinet, the newly drafted Ministerial Statement reinforces the exclusion of women by relegating the question of gender equality to the bottom of the Cabinet’s priorities.

The Cabinet members expressed a few nebulous words and promised to strengthen the role of women in public life especially in leadership position. The Cabinet seems to have begun putting this promise into action by excluding women from Ministerial positions. How is it possible to achieve social justice for all groups when half of the citizens are excluded from decision making positions in the executive? In addition, and of equal importance, how will the Lebanese state fulfill its international commitments especially vis-à-vis CEDAW without promptly reforming laws and without lifting and banning all forms of discrimination against women?

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CRTD.A has launched last year the Regional Economic Empowerment Programme (REEWP, funded by CIDA and Oxfam-Quebec). The programme combines components including knowledge research and dissemination, counselling services, starting up and/or consolidating women economic initiatives, advocacy, and policy work to support women's economic empowerment at the grassroots level as well as contributing to strengthening women's position at the level of social and public institutions.

Following a two-year long organisational review process and the development of new internal policies, guidelines and procedures, including an up date Staff Charter and Employees Handbook, CRTD.A is now seeking to recruit a Human Resources Coordinator

The main tasks of the Human Resources Coordinator will be as follows:
● Puts in place a mechanism for immediate implementation of the Staff Charter including monitoring and review processes
● Reviews and update all current staff contracts, statutory rights and obligations including leaves and working hours

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