Reaching Marginalized Groups

AiW’s mandate is to reach, support, and work closely with marginalized groups in the community by producing research, conducting trainings, and advocating for their rights.

We have worked for decades in support of migrant domestic workers, LGBTQ community, and incarcerated women by providing services and legal guidance.

Work inside women prisons in Lebanon entailed the following:

- Vocational trainings for the inmates; 

- Two studies one in 1999 and another in 2011 regarding the condition of women prisons in Lebanon;

- Rehabilitation of the cells and refurbishment of the visiting room;

- Providing medical, social, and psychological support, as well as securing contact with the inmates’ families when possible;

- Publishing a guide on working inside women prisons;

- Income-generating projects;

- Legal assistance to inmates who could not afford a lawyer;

- Securing living basic needs such as refrigerators, ovens, washing machines, hot water, etc.;

- Providing personal hygiene kits that include sanitary pads, shampoos, bath sponges, mattresses, bed sheets and covers;

Related Projects

• “Shabaket el Meem”: LGBTQ Youth Support Platform
• Coordination and Support for the Human Rights Network
• Support for Incarcerated Women
• Domestic Workers

Related Research

• الوصمة الإجتماعيَّة في البرامج التلفزيونيَّة
• الجنسانية مهمّة
• Awareness Guide for Female Domestic Workers
• دليل للعمل داخل سجون النساء في لبنان
• المرأة العربية في العلم والعمل
• Women Workers in the Lebanese Industry
• Sex Role Images in Lebanese Textbooks
• Economic Contribution of Women and its Effects on the Dynamics of the Family in Two Lebanese Villages
• Contemporary Arab Women Writers and Poets