Strength in Solidarity: FEMALE’s Response to the Israeli War on Lebanon

For years, FEMALE has stood unwavering in the face of unimaginable hardships. From the COVID-19 pandemic to the devastating Beirut port explosion in 2020,...

Publications

Digital Safety and Security Manual for Adolescent Girls in Lebanon

This manual has been carefully crafted to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by adolescent girls in Lebanon concerning digital safety and security....

Gender Alert: Missing Women and Girls in Lebanon’s Humanitarian Crisis: What We Know So Far

Over the last three years, Lebanon has been assailed by compounded crises that have affected the whole population, especially women, girls and marginalized groups....

Networking and Advocacy Toolkit for Women and Feminist Organizations

Fe-Male, in partnership with the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law- ICNL, developed a new toolkit titled "Women's Rights and Feminist Organisations Guide for Influencing...

A Gender Media Audit of the Beirut Blast Aid, Response and Coverage

Supported by Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, Fe-Male in partnership with UN Women Lebanon launched over the years 2021-2022 a gender media audit on...

Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Media Reportage in Kashmir

Zannan Wanaan (is an independent feminist collective based in Kashmir) in collaboration with Fe-Male, has drafted these guidelines for sensitive media reportage to develop...

Period Poverty in Lebanon – Research Study

Fe-Male and Plan International latest research study on “Period Poverty in Lebanon”. The study is the first to address women and girls' perceptions around...

Feminist Cyber-Security Training Toolkit

Fe-Male, in partnership with ICNL, developed a pioneer toolkit on cyber-security and fighting cyber-crimes, mainly those perpetrated against women’s rights activists because of the...

The Heartbreaking Reality of Period Poverty in Lebanon

Check out this case study, written by the journalist Tala Ramadan, who accompanied us during our Hygiene Kits distribution, where she met lots of...

Our Story

Representation of young voices and intersectional approaches

In 2013 a remarkable feminist movement was born, when a group of less than 10 passionate young feminists and journalists came together with a common vision: A just world, free from patriarchy. This visionary collective, FEMALE, swiftly emerged as one of the leading grassroots civil feminist nonprofit organizations aiming for change in Lebanon and the SWANA region Motivated by their years of activism, the founders of FEMALE recognized a crucial need for a stronger representation of young voices and intersectional approaches within the feminist movement. They also noticed a concerning misrepresentation of women and girls in media and advertisements, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and objectification.

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Projects

Girls Leading the Change

Donors and partners: Malala Fund Objective: Addressing barriers to girls’ education and...

Masarouna: Our pathway to sexual and reproductive health and rights (2022- 2025)

Donors and partners: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oxfam Novib,...

Young Voices Challenging Inequalities (2018-2021)

Donors and partners: UN Women and Save the Children...

Sharika wa Laken Feminist Media Initiative (2012- Ongoing)

Objectives: In 2015, Fe-Male created the first online feminist...

Transforming Attitudes towards Migrant Domestic Workers in the Arab States- My Fair Home Campaign (2018-2019)

Donors and partners: International Labor Organization-ILO and the global...

Challenging Women’s Objectification and Stereotyping in Media and Ads (2013- Ongoing)

Donors and partners: ActionAid Objective: Fe-Male was the first feminist...