Rewatch SOWT’s and hbs’ Online Listening Party on Human Trafficking in Jordan On 11 October 2020, SOWT and Heinrich Böll Foundation Palestine and Jordan conducted an online "Listening Party on Human Trafficking in Jordan". Click to watch a summary of the event, which provides information on the definition of human trafficking and specific cases in Jordan.
Radio al Balad supports Egyptian Migrant Workers in Jordan The radio program Mahatat Masr focuses on the conditions of Egyptian migrant workers in Jordan, in an effort to give them a platform to express themselves and to try to help them in their struggles. In this article, the author reports on the program and describes the many successes it has achieved. By Daoud Kuttab
The Heinrich Böll Foundation Launches the Plastic Atlas- MENA Region Edition News Through an online launch held on 07 October 2020, hbs offices in Ramallah, Tunis, Rabat, and Beirut release the MENA Region Edition of the Plastic Atlas.
Shiam Concludes the Second Pilot of the “Knowledge Exchange Program” Bringing the Retired and Youth Generations Together With the participation of Ramallah Mayor, Eng. Musa Hadid, hbs partner Shiam – Youth Make the Future holds a closing ceremony for the “Knowledge Exchange Program” aiming for knowledge transfer and experience exchange between generations.
When Will the Smile Return to Our World? Conference Researchers and academics from around the world answer this question at Muwatin’s 26th Annual Conference
Be courageous, be daring in the pursuit of right Portrait Liberate yourself, [and] you liberate the land, Hanan Ashrawi’s fathers told her. She became the first woman in the Executive Committee of the PLO. By Mariam Barghouti
Local Initiatives: Towards banning single-use plastic bags in Tunisia Plastic Atlas In order to fight the plastic pollution that Tunisia is experiencing given the increasing amount of plastic waste, a new governmental decree has been declared banning single-use plastic bags. This step was preceded by a series of procedures that paved the way for it, but the effectiveness of this decree is predicated on a strict implementation and a clear vision. By Anis Guerfi